Matthew 15:35
New International Version
He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.

New Living Translation
So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground.

English Standard Version
And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Berean Standard Bible
And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

Berean Literal Bible
And having commanded the crowds to sit down on the ground,

King James Bible
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

New King James Version
So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

New American Standard Bible
And He directed the people to sit down on the ground;

NASB 1995
And He directed the people to sit down on the ground;

NASB 1977
And He directed the multitude to sit down on the ground;

Legacy Standard Bible
And He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground;

Amplified Bible
He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Christian Standard Bible
After commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground,

American Standard Version
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he ordered the crowd to sit for a meal on the ground.

Contemporary English Version
After Jesus had told the people to sit down,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.

English Revised Version
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground.

Good News Translation
So Jesus ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground.

International Standard Version
Ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Literal Standard Version
And He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the ground,

Majority Standard Bible
And He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground.

New American Bible
He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground.

NET Bible
After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

New Revised Standard Version
Then ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground,

New Heart English Bible
He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground;

Webster's Bible Translation
And he commanded the multitude to sit on the ground.

Weymouth New Testament
So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,

World English Bible
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

Young's Literal Translation
And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,

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Context
The Feeding of the Four Thousand
34“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.” 35And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.…

Cross References
Matthew 15:34
"How many loaves do you have?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they replied, "and a few small fish."

Matthew 15:36
Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.


Treasury of Scripture

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

to sit.

Matthew 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 disciples to the multitude.

Mark 6:39,40
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass…

Luke 9:14-16
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company…

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Matthew 15
1. Jesus reproves the Scribes and Pharisees
7. for transgressing God's commandments through their own traditions;
10. teaches how that which goes into the mouth does not defile a man.
21. He heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan,
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(35) He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.--Probably, with the same orderly precision as before, by hundreds and by fifties, the women and children, as we learn from Matthew 15:38, being in this instance also grouped together apart from the men.

Verse 35. - To sit down (ἀναπεσεῖν) on the ground. At this time there was not "much grass in the place," the season being no longer early spring. Their seat was the bare ground, their meal of the plainest character. He who as man had pitied them was now feeding them as God, yet not with luxuries or dainties, but with food sufficient for their needs.

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Greek
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

He directed
παραγγείλας (parangeilas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3853: To notify, command, charge, entreat solemnly. From para and the base of aggelos; to transmit a message, i.e. to enjoin.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

crowd
ὄχλῳ (ochlō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.

to sit down
ἀναπεσεῖν (anapesein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 377: From ana and pipto; to fall back, i.e. Lie down, lean back.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

ground.
γῆν (gēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.


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