Mark 6:39

And he commanded to them, that they should make all men sit to meat by companies (or that they should make everyone to sit down for the meal in groups), on [the] green hay.

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In The King James Version

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

In Context

38And he saith to them, How many loaves have ye? Go ye, and see. And when they had known, they say, Five, and two fishes.

40And they sat down by parts [or (in) parties], by hundreds, and by fifties.

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:5and the meats of his table (or and the food on his table), and the dwelling places of his servants, and the orders of the men serving him, and the clothes of them, and the butlers, and the burnt sacrifices which he offered in the house of the Lord; and she had no more spirit.

Matthew 15:35And he commanded to the people, to sit to [the] meat on the earth. (And he commanded the people, to sit down on the ground for the meal.)

1 Corinthians 14:40But be all things done honestly, and by due order in you. (But let all things be done with seemliness, and by due order among you.)

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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