Mark 6:39
And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
In Context
40and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:5and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.
Matthew 15:35And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,
1 Corinthians 14:40let all things be done decently and in order.
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 →