Matthew 15:35
“And hee commaunded the multitude to sit downe on the ground.”
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Matthew 15:35 Context
33And his disciples say vnto him, Whence should we haue so much bread in the wildernesse, as to fill so great a multitude? 34And Iesus saith vnto them, How many loaues haue yee? And they said, Seuen, and a few little fishes. 35And hee commaunded the multitude to sit downe on the ground. 36And he tooke the seuen loaues and the fishes, and gaue thankes, and brake them, and gaue to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37And they did all eate, and were filled: and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full.
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Other Translations for Matthew 15:35
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
- King James Version
And He directed the people to sit down on the ground;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,
- Basic English Bible
And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;
- Darby Bible
And he commanded the multitude to sit on the ground.
- Webster's Bible
So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,
- Weymouth Bible
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
- World English Bible
And he comaundide to the puple, to sitte to mete on the erthe.
- Wycliffe Bible
And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 15:35
Mt 15:35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. Not on the grass, as in Mt 14:19, for they were in a bare, desolate, grassless region, such as the greater part of Judea is today.