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Verses 30-44 are not normal narrative sentences. The verses have many disjointed phrases ... but when paraphrased as in most bibles, the verses are made to appear like the report of a real historical event.  A careful and accurate translation of the Greek text reveals a multiplicity of puns and Gnostic metaphors.

6:30	And the apostles gathered together to face Jesus ...
	and they reported to him everything that they did ...
	and what they taught.
6:31	And he says to them ... Come down privately by yourselves into a "wilderness place" ...
	and rest a little.
	For the "ones coming" and the "ones under-leading" were many ...
	and they did not have a "good time" to "eat."
6:32	And they departed in the "boat" ...
	down into a "wilderness place" privately.
6:33	And they "perceived" them under-leading ...
	and many know on them ...
	and "on foot" from all of the "cities" they "ran together" there ...
	and they arrived ahead of them.
6:34	And coming out, he perceived a vast crowd ...
	and his "bowels were moved" on them ...
	for they were like "sheep" not having a "shepherd" ...
	and he began to "teach" them "many things."
6:35	And now becoming a "late hour" ...
	coming to him, his disciples said that a "wilderness" is the "place."
	and now ... a "late hour."
6:36	Send them away, so that coming away into the "encircling fields" and "villages" ...
	they may buy for themselves what they may eat.