Mark 8:6
And He ordered the people to sit down upon the ground: and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and brake them, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the multitude.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
5And He asked them, How many loaves have ye? and they said, Seven.
7And they had a few small fishes: and He blessed them, and bid them set them also before the people.
Cross References
Matthew 15:35Then He bid the people sit down on the ground;
Mark 6:39And He ordered them to cause all the people to sit down by companies upon the grass:
Luke 12:37Happy are those servants, whom the master when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down, and will come and serve them.
John 2:5His mother saith to the servants, Whatsoever he ordereth you to do, do it.
John 6:23though there came other vessels from Tiberias, near the place where they had eaten bread after the Lord had given thanks: when therefore the people saw that Jesus was not there,
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 →