39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
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Let all things be done decently and in order.
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; …
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 30-44)In there verses, we have, I. The return to Christ of the apostles whom he had sent forth (Mark 6:7), to preach, and work miracles. They had dispersed themselves into several quarters of the country for some time, but when they had made good their several appointments, by consent they gathered themselves together , to compare notes, and came to Jesus, the centre of their unity, to give him an accou…
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