Matthew 15:35
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
KJV
καὶ παραγγείλας τῷ ὄχλῳ ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν
Greek NT
Et præcepit turbæ ut discumberent super terram.
Vulgate
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
ASV
And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
παραγγέλλω
paraggello
verb · 30×
ἀναπίπτω
anapipto
verb · 11×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: παραγγείλας | WH/Treg/NIV: παραγγείλας | RP: ἐκέλευσεν
- παραγγείλας — SBLGNT
- παραγγείλας — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐκέλευσεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τῷ ὄχλῳ | WH/Treg/NIV: τῷ ὄχλῳ | RP: τοῖς ὄχλοις
- τῷ ὄχλῳ — SBLGNT
- τῷ ὄχλῳ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τοῖς ὄχλοις — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1335The miracles of the multiplication of the loaves, when the Lord says the blessing, breaks and distributes the loaves through his disciples to feed the multitude, prefigure the superabundance of this unique bread of his Eucharist.156 The sign of water turned into wine at Cana already announces the Hour of Jesus' glorification. It makes manifest the fulfillment of the wedding fea…
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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 6:39 — And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
- Mark 6:39 — And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
- 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 14:19 — And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the di