Mark 6:40

and they reclined in companies, by hundreds and by fifties.

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

In The King James Version

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

In Context

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

41And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the bread, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and those two fishes they divided among them all,

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Matthew Henry on Mark 6:31-45

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent… Read the whole commentary →

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