10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
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For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. …
He said, Bring them hither to me. …
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. …
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. …
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)We have here an account of Christ’s feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes, which miracle is in this respect remarkable, that it is the only passage of the actions of Christ’s life that is recorded by all the four evangelists. John, who does not usually relate what had been recorded by those who wrote before him, yet relates this, because of the reference the following discourse…
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