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Mark 6:40

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

KJV

καὶ ἀνέπεσαν πρασιαὶ πρασιαὶ, κατὰ ἑκατὸν καὶ κατὰ πεντήκοντα.

Greek NT

Et discubuerunt in partes per centenos et quinquagenos.

Vulgate

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

ASV

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
πεντήκοντα
pentekonta
adjective · 7×
πρασιά
prasia
noun · 2×
ἀναπίπτω
anapipto
verb · 11×
ἑκατόν
ekaton
adjective · 17×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: κατὰ | WH/Treg/NIV: κατὰ | RP: ἀνὰ
  • κατὰSBLGNT
  • κατὰWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀνὰRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: κατὰ | WH/Treg/NIV: κατὰ | RP: ἀνὰ
  • κατὰSBLGNT
  • κατὰWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀνὰRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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.