Mark 6:39 KJV — MannaFest

Mark 6:39

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

KJV

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DBT

And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.

ASV

And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.

WEB

Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.

YLT

And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,

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Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.

Author: John Mark, companion of Peter (Acts 12:12; 1 Pet 5:13)
Date: c. AD 50–65

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Mark 8:6
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.
1 Corinthians 14:40
Let all things be done decently and in order.
1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Matthew 15:35
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
Luke 9:14
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

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And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass--or "green hay"; the rank grass of those bushy wastes. For, as John (Joh 6:10) notes, "there was much grass in the place."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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