John 6:10
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
9 “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
“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.
11 Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
12 And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “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.
- 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.
- WEB
- Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
- 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.
- DARBY
- [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.
- BLB
- Jesus said, “Make the men recline.” Now there was much grass in the place; therefore the men reclined, about five thousand [in] number.
- ÅB
- Jesus sa: La folket sette seg ned! Det var meget gress på stedet, og mennene satte seg da ned, omkring fem tusen i tallet.
- OTB
- Jesus sa: "La folket sette seg ned." Det var mye gress der, så de satte seg ned, omkring fem tusen menn i antall.
- B1930
- Jesus sa: La folket sette sig ned! Det var meget gress på stedet, og mennene satte sig da ned, omkring fem tusen i tallet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 9:14–16
(There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Read in contextMatthew 14:18–19
“Bring them here to Me,” Jesus said.
Read in contextMark 8:6–7
And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.
Read in contextMatthew 15:35–36
And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.
Read in contextMark 6:39–41
Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.
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