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# Connecting Statement:
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A great, hungry crowd is with Jesus. He feeds them using only seven loaves and a few fish before Jesus and his disciples get in a boat to go to another place.
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# In those days
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This phrase is used to introduce a new event in the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
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# because they continue to be with me already for three days
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"because this is this third day these people have been with me"
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# they may faint
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Possible meanings are 1) literal, "they may lose consciousness temporarily" or 2) hyperbolic exaggeration, "they may become weak." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# Where can we get enough loaves of bread in such a deserted place to satisfy these people?
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The disciples are expressing surprise that Jesus would expect them to be able to find enough food. AT: "This place is so deserted that there is no place here for us to get enough loaves of bread to satisfy these people!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# loaves of bread
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A loaf of bread is a lump of dough that is shaped and baked. |