John 6:10

Jeshu saith to them, Make all the men recline; for there was much herbage in that place. And the men reclined, in number five thousand.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

In Context

9There is here a certain youth, who hath with him five cakes of barley and two fishes; but these what are they for these all?

11And Jeshu took the bread, and blessed, and divided unto those who reclined, and likewise also of the fishes, as much as they willed.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:18Jeshu said to them, Bring them hither to me.

Mark 6:39And he directed that they should make them all recline in companies upon the herbage;

Luke 9:14for they were about five thousand men. Jeshu said to them, Make them recline in reclining companies, fifty men in a company.

Matthew Henry on John 6:2-15

The Five Thousand Fed. 1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 And this he said to prove… Read the whole commentary →

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