Matthew 15:35
Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
In Context
34And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.
Cross References
Mark 6:39And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.
John 6:10Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:30-39
Four Thousand Men Fed. 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 32 Then Jesus called his… Read the whole commentary →