Connecting Statement:

This concludes the account of Jesus feeding five thousand people.

sit down

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

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

"tore the loaves"

"loaves of bread" or "whole breads"

Possible meanings are 1) "While looking up" or 2) "After looking up."

This can be translated in active form. AT: "until they were full" or "until they were no longer hungry" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

"the disciples gathered up" or "some people gathered up"

"Those who ate the bread and the fish"