John 6:10 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:10

“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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 3 (444)

The Saviour practised His accustomed gentleness, and takes away the sharpness of His reproaches. For He doth not rebuke bitterly His disciples, albeit they were deeply slumbering in respect of their faintheartedness and littleness of faith in Him: but rather He leads them by His Deeds to the apprehension of the things which as yet they believe not.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

There was much grass in the place - Perhaps newly mown grass, or hay, is meant, (so the Vulgate faenum), and this circumstance marks out more particularly that the passover was at hand. In Palestine the grass is ready for mowing in March; and this miracle seems to have been wrought only a few days before the commencement of that festival: see Joh 6:4.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

These verses describe one of our Lord's most remarkable miracles. Of all the great works that He did, none was done so publicly as this, and before so many witnesses. Of all the miracles related in the Gospels, this is the only one which all the four Gospel-writers alike record. This fact alone (like the four times repeated account of the crucifixion and resurrection) is enough to show that it is a miracle demanding special attention. We have, for one thing, in this miracle, a lesson about Christ's almighty power.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἶπεν	eipen	Said	G2036 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
ποιήσατε	poiēsate	do make	G4160 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπους	anthrōpous	men	G444 →
ἀναπεσεῖν.	anapesein	to recline.	G377 →
ἦν	ēn	There was	G1510 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
χόρτος	chortos	grass	G5528 →
πολὺς	polus	much	G4183 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
τόπῳ.	topō	place.	G5117 →
ἀνέπεσαν	anepesan	Reclined	G377 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἄνδρες	andres	men	G435 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἀριθμὸν	arithmon	number	G706 →
ὡς	hōs	about	G5613 →
πεντακισχίλιοι.	pentakischilioi	five thousand.	G4000 →