Jesus feeds the crowds who have followed him to the isolated place.

## sit down ##

or "lie down." Use the word for the position people in your culture usually are in when they eat.

## took ##

"held in his hands." He did not steal them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## loaves ##

"loaves of bread" or "whole breads"

## and looking ##

This can mean 1) “while looking” or 2) “after looking.”

## they took up ##

"the disciples gathered up."

## Those who ate ##

"Those who ate the bread and the fish." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])