John 6:10

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.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

9saith unto Him, There is a lad here, that hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?

11And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were sat down; and of the fishes likewise, as much as they would take.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:18and He said, bring them hither to me.

Mark 6:39And He ordered them to cause all the people to sit down by companies upon the grass:

Luke 9:14for they were about five thousand men. And He said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifty.

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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