Matthew 15:35
And He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
In Context
34“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
Cross References
Mark 6:39Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.
John 6:10“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
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 →