The Feeding of the Four Thousand
Matthew 15:35
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.
- KJV
- And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
- WEB
- He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
- ASV
- And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
- LSV
- And He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the ground,
- YLT
- And he commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground,
- DBY
- And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;
- DRC
- And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
- GNV
- Then he commanded the multitude to sit downe on the ground,
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read παραγγείλας (“He having commanded”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐκέλευσεν (“he commanded”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τῷ (“to the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τοῖς (“to the”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὄχλῳ (“crowd”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὄχλοις (“crowds”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: παραγγείλας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read παραγγείλας; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐκέλευσεν.
- SBLGNT: τῷ ὄχλῳ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τῷ ὄχλῳ; Robinson–Pierpont read τοῖς ὄχλοις.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ παραγγείλας τῷ ὄχλῳ ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐκέλευσεν τοῖς ὄχλοις ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν·
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐκέλευσε τοῖς ὄχλοις ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν·
- SCR1894
- και εκελευσεν τοις οχλοις αναπεσειν επι την γην
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 6:10“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.
- Luke 9:14–16(There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” They did so, and everyone was seated. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven,…
- Mark 6:39–40Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
- Matthew 14:19–21And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples…
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