Matthew 15:35
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
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In The King James Version
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
In Context
34Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
Cross References
Mark 6:39He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.
John 6:10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number 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 →