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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Mark 6:40
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So all the people sat in groups. There were about 50 or 100 people in each group.
And they sate doune here a rowe and there arowe by houndredes and by fyfties.
So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
They reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties.
So they sat in groups of fifty or a hundred.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
They sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties [so that the crowd resembled an orderly arrangement of colorful garden plots].
So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
And they sat down in rows of hundreds and of fifties.
And thei saten doun bi parties, bi hundridis, and bi fifties.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
They sat down in groups of a hundred and groups of fifty.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
They sat down in groups of fifty or a hundred.
And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties.
and they reclined in companies, by hundreds and by fifties.
And they reclined, by companies of a hundred, and of fifty.
And they sate downe in rankes by hundreds, and by fifties.
So they sat down in groups of fifty or a hundred.
They sat down in groups of fifty people and in groups of one hundred people.
So they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.
Then they sate downe by rowes, by hundreds, and by fifties.
So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
And they sate downe, here a rowe, and there a rowe, by hundredes, & by fifties.
So the people sat down in rows, in groups of a hundred and groups of fifty.
So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
And they reclined in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
And they sat, group by group, by hundred and by fifty.
and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.
And they sat downe here a rowe and there a rowe by hundreds and by fifties.
and they sat down in several divisions, some consisting of an hundred, and some of fifty.
So they reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties.
So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties.
While this was being done,
They sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.
And they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
by hundreds: It is generally supposed that they were so arranged as to be a hundred in rank, or depth, and fifty in front, or file; which would make the number just five thousand, and will reconcile this account with Luke's, who only speaks of their sitting down by fifties. Luke 9:14, Luke 9:15
Reciprocal: Matthew 15:35 - to sit Mark 8:6 - to sit
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they sat down in ranks,.... Or "beds": in such form as little beds are placed in a garden, or as rows of vines in a vineyard, in which form the scholars of the wise men sat in their schools: it is said g,
"R. Eliezer ben Azariah expounded before the wise men in the vineyard (i.e. the university) of Jabneh: though was there a vineyard there? but these are the disciples of the wise men, who are made, or placed, שורות שורות, "rows, rows", or "in ranks", as a vineyard.''
By hundreds, and by fifties; that is, an hundred in "each" bed, or row, and fifty in "each" bed, or row, as the word ανα, signifies: each distinct bed, or row, had either a hundred, or fifty in it.
g T. Hieros. Beraeot, fol. 7. 4. Vid. Gloss. in T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 42. 2.
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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 40. By hundreds, and by fifties. — "That is," says Mr. Wesley, "fifty in a rank, and a hundred in file. So, a hundred multiplied by fifty, made just five thousand." But if they sat fifty deep, how could the disciples conveniently serve them with the bread and fish?
