John 6:6

WEB

⁶He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

KJV

⁶And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

BSB

⁶But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.

FBV

⁶He only asked this to see how Philip would respond, because Jesus already knew what he was going to do.

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Extra References

Genesis 22:1

¹After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

³¹However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Deuteronomy 13:3

³you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 8:16

¹⁶who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;

Deuteronomy 8:2

²You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 33:8

⁸About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.