Mark 8:6
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples for to set before them. And they set them before the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
5And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seven.
7And they had a few little fishes: and he blessed them and commanded them to be set before them.
Cross References
1 Samuel 9:13As soon as you come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat till he come; because he blesseth the victim, and afterwards they eat that are invited. Now, therefore, go up, for to day you shall find him.
Matthew 15:35And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
Mark 6:39And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them sit down to meat and passing will minister unto them.
John 2:5His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.
John 6:23But other ships came in from Tiberias, nigh unto the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks.
Matthew Henry on Mark 8:2-10
Christ Feeds the Four Thousand. 1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked… Read the whole commentary →