Mark 8:6

He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, He broke, and gave them to His disciples, that they may dispense them; and they presented them to the multitude.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.

In Context

5And He asked them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven loaves.

7And they had a few fishes: and blessing them, He delivered them.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:35He having commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,

Mark 6:39And He commanded them all to sit down in companies on the green grass.

Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord having come will find watching: truly I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and have them sit down, and having come will serve them.

John 2:5His mother says to the servants, Do whatsoever He may say to you.

John 6:23(other ships came from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread, the Lord having given thanks).

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:2-10

Christ Feeds the Four Thousand. 1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked… Read the whole commentary →

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