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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mark 6:39
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Then Jesus said to them, "Tell everyone to sit in groups on the green grass."
And he comaunded them to make them all syt doune by companyes apon the grene grasse.
Then he ordered them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
And He ordered them all to recline by groups on the green grass.
Then Jesus told his followers to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.
And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies on the green grass.
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Then Jesus commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.
Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.
He commanded those that all should sit down by companies on the green grass.
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies on the green grass.
So He directed them to make all sit down in companies on the green grass.
And he comaundide to hem, that thei schulden make alle men sitte to mete bi cumpanyes, on greene heye.
And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.
Jesus told his disciples to have the people sit down on the green grass.
And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.
And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.
Then he ordered all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass.
And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.
And he directed that they should make them all recline in companies upon the herbage;
And he bid them make the people recline on the grass by companies.
And he commanded them to make all sit downe by companies vpon the greene grasse.
Then Jesus told the disciples to have the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
Then He told them to have all the people sit down together in groups on the green grass.
Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass.
So he commanded them to make them all sit downe by companies vpon the greene grasse.
And he commanded them to make everyone sit down in groups on the grass.
And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Then he commanded them all to sit down by companies upon the green grass.
And he commaunded them, to make them all sit downe by companies vpon the greene grasse.
Jesus then told his disciples to make all the people divide into groups and sit down on the green grass.
Then he instructed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
He commanded those that all should sit down by companies on the green grass.
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
And he ordered them all to recline in groups on the green grass.
And He ordered them all to recline, group by group on the green grass.
And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,
And he commaunded them all to syt downe by table fulles vpon the grene grasse.
then he order'd the people to sit down in distinct companies upon the green grass.
Jesus got them all to sit down in groups of fifty or a hundred—they looked like a patchwork quilt of wildflowers spread out on the green grass! He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples in turn gave it to the people. He did the same with the fish. They all ate their fill. The disciples gathered twelve baskets of leftovers. More than five thousand were at the supper.
Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.
Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.
Jesus told his cowboys to sit everyone down in groups of fifty and up to one hundred.
And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.
And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Kings 10:5, Esther 1:5, Esther 1:6, Matthew 15:35, 1 Corinthians 14:33, 1 Corinthians 14:40
Reciprocal: Matthew 14:19 - he commanded Mark 8:6 - to sit Luke 9:14 - Make John 6:10 - Make
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he commanded them to make all sit down,.... Christ ordered his disciples, without any more ado, to cause the whole multitude, men, women, and children, to sit, or lie down, as they used to do at table when about to take a meal: and as they had no table before them, nor beds, or couches to sit, or lie down upon, he directed them to place them
by companies upon the green grass; that there might be some order among them, as at a meal; and that their number might be the more easily known; and that all of them might more plainly see the miracle that was to be wrought: and the provision be more orderly distributed to them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See this narrative explained in the notes at Matthew 14:13-21.
Mark 6:32
By ship - By a boat or a small vessel.
Privately - Without making their plan known. They intended to go privately. It appears, however, that their intention became known, and multitudes followed them.
Mark 6:33
Afoot thither - On foot to the place where they saw them going.
Out of all cities - All cities or large towns in the neighborhood.
Mark 6:34
Much people ...as sheep ... - They had no one to teach them and guide them. The priests and scribes were proud and corrupt; they despised the common people and neglected them.
Mark 6:35
The time is far passed - The day is almost gone. It is drawing near night.
Mark 6:37
Two hundred pennyworth of bread - About twenty-eight dollars, or 6 British pounds. See the notes at Matthew 14:16. As the disciples had a common purse in which they carried their little property, consisting of the donations of their friends and money to be given to the poor (compare John 12:6; Matthew 26:8-9; Luke 8:3), it is not improbable that they had at this time about this sum in their possession. Philip - for it was he who asked the question John 6:7 - asked, with a mixture of wonder and agitation, whether they should take all their little property and spend it on a single meal? And even if we should, said he, it would not be sufficient to satisfy such a multitude. It was implied in this that, in his view, they could not provide for them if they wished to, and that it would be better to send them away than to attempt it.
Mark 6:40
In ranks - Literally, in the form of square beds in a garden. By regularly formed companies.
By hundreds and by fifties - Some companies had a hundred in them, and some groupings had fifty in them. We do not need to suppose that these were “exactly” formed or arranged, but that this was approximately the number. The expression indicates a “multitude.” There were so many that they sat down, by “hundreds” and by “fifties,” in separate companies, upon the green grass.
Mark 6:43
twelve baskets - Baskets belonging to the disciples, in which they carried their provisions, or, perhaps, belonging to some of the multitude.
Fragments - Broken pieces of the bread that remained.
