Jesus went to an isolated place after John the Baptist was killed.

## heard this ##

"heard what happened to John" or "heard the news about John." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## he withdrew ##

he left or went away from the crowd

## from there ##

"from that place"

## When the crowds heard of it ##

"When the crowds heard where they had gone" (see UDB) or "When the crowds heard that he had left"

## the crowds ##

"the crowds of people" or "the people"

## Then Jesus came before them and saw the large crowd ##

"When Jesus came ashore, he saw a large crowd."