Mark 6:39
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
KJV
καὶ ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς ἀνακλῖναι πάντας συμπόσια συμπόσια ἐπὶ τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ.
Greek NT
Et præcepit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes secundum contubernia super viride fœnum.
Vulgate
And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.
ASV
And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
συμπόσιον
sumposion
noun · 2×
χλωρός
chloros
adjective · 4×
χόρτος
chortos
noun · 15×
ἀνακλίνω
anaklino
verb · 6×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιτάσσω
epitasso
verb · 10×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἀνακλῖναι | Treg/NIV/RP: ἀνακλῖναι | WH: ἀνακλιθῆναι
- ἀνακλῖναι — SBLGNT
- ἀνακλῖναι — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἀνακλιθῆναι — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 14:33 — For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
- 1Cor 14:40 — Let all things be done decently and in order.
- John 6:10 — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Matt 15:35 — And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
- Matt 15:35 — And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.