Mark 8:6
So He commanded the crowd to recline on the ground. And He took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, He broke them and was giving them to His disciples, so that they might set them before the people; and they set them before the crowd.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
5He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”
7And they had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them before the people.
Cross References
Matthew 15:35So He commanded the crowds to recline on the ground.
Mark 6:39Then He gave orders for them all to recline in groups on the green grass.
Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly I say to you, that he will gird himself and have them recline to eat, and he will come and serve them.
John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He may say to you, do.”
John 6:23however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given 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 →