Luke 9:14

for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifties.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

In Context

13And he said to them, Give *ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless *we* should go and buy food for all this people;

15And they did so, and made them all sit down.

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Cross References

Mark 6:39And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.

Mark 8:6And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, that they might set [them] before [them]; and they set [them] before the crowd.

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:11-18

The Multitude Miraculously Fed. 10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. 12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and… Read the whole commentary →

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