Matthew 15:35

And he directed that the multitudes should recline upon the ground.

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

In The King James Version

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

In Context

34Jeshu saith to them, How many loaves have you? They say to him, Seven, and a few small fishes.

36And he took those seven loaves and the fishes, and offered praise, and brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes;

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Cross References

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

John 6:10Jeshu saith to them, Make all the men recline; for there was much herbage in that place. And the men reclined, in number 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 →

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