"And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass." — Mark 6:39

Mark 6:39 · KJV

“And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.”

— Mark 6:39

He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

Mark 6 — Context

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? {pennyworth: the Roman penny is sevenpence halfpenny}

He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave {them} to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

Cross References

Matthew 15:35

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

1 Corinthians 14:33

For God is not {the author} of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. {confusion: Gr. tumult, or, unquietness}

1 Corinthians 14:40

Let all things be done decently and in order.

Esther 1:5-6

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; {present: Heb. found}

1 Kings 10:5

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. {attendance: Heb. standing} {cupbearers: or, butlers}