And 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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4 additional translationsJesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
And Jesus said, `Make the men to sit down;' and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,
[And] Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place: the men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentJohn — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).
- Author
- John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
- Date
- c. AD 85–95