Mark 6:38–40
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
He saith vnto them, How many loaues haue yee? goe, and see. And when they knew, they say, Fiue, and two fishes.
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
And he commanded them to make all sit downe by companies vpon the greene grasse.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
And they sate downe in rankes by hundreds, and by fifties.
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From verse 38
- Matthew 15:34Rank 2 from verse 38
13But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
13But he said vnto them, Giue yee them to eate. And they said, Wee haue no more but fiue loaues and two fishes, except we should goe and buy meate for all this people.
- Matthew 14:17–18Rank 5 from verse 38
From verse 39
- 1 Corinthians 14:33Rank 1 from verse 39
- 1 Corinthians 14:40Rank 2 from verse 39
- Matthew 15:35Rank 3 from verse 39
- 1 Kings 10:5Rank 4 from verse 39
5And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
5And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the †attendance of his ministers, and their apparell, and his ‖cup bearers, and his ascent by which hee went vp vnto the house of the LORD: there was no more spirit in her.
- Esther 1:5–6Rank 5 from verse 39
5And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;
6Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
5And when these dayes were expired, the king made a feast vnto all the people that were †present in Shushan the palace, both vnto great and small, seuen dayes, in the court of the garden of the kings palace,
6 Where were white, greene and ‖blew hangings, fastened with cords of fine linnen, and purple, to siluer rings, and pillers of marble: the beds were of gold and siluer, vpon a pauement of ‖red, and blewe, and white, and blacke marble.
From verse 40
- Luke 9:14–15Rank 1 from verse 40
14For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
15And they did so, and made them all sit down.
14For they were about fiue thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit downe by fifties in a company.
15And they did so, and made them all sit downe.
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Mark 6:38
Portions or shaped masses of bread baked as separate units.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Perceived, understood, recognized, or was acquainted with.
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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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Sense 1: Aquatic animals. Sense 2: As a verb, catches fish.
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Mark 6:39
Ordered; directed.
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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Groups of persons associated or gathered together; fellowships or bands.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Having the color of living vegetation; fresh, flourishing, or not dried.
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Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.
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Mark 6:40
Was seated, took a seat, remained seated, or occupied a seat or place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Rows, orders, positions, or classes.
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Groups or numbers of fifty.
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6:32And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
6:32*And they departed into a desert place by ship priuately.
6:33And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
6:33And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ranne afoote thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together vnto him.
6:34And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
6:34*And Iesus when he came out, saw much people, and was moued with compassion toward them, because they were as sheepe not hauing a shepherd: and hee beganne to teach them many things.
6:35And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
6:35*And when the day was now far spent, his Disciples came vnto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is farre passed.
6:36Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
6:36Send them away, that they may goe into the countrey round about, and into the villages, and buy themselues bread: for they haue nothing to eate.
6:37He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
6:37He answered and said vnto them, Giue yee them to eate. And they say vnto him, Shall we goe and buy two hundred †penniworth of bread, and giue them to eate?
6:38He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
6:38He saith vnto them, How many loaues haue yee? goe, and see. And when they knew, they say, Fiue, and two fishes.
Selected passage6:39And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
6:39And he commanded them to make all sit downe by companies vpon the greene grasse.
Selected passage6:40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
6:40And they sate downe in rankes by hundreds, and by fifties.
Selected passage6:41And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
6:41And when he had taken the fiue loaues, and the two fishes, he looked vp to heauen, and blessed, and brake the loaues, and gaue them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes diuided he among them all.
6:42And they did all eat, and were filled.
6:42And they did all eate, and were filled.
6:43And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
6:43And they tooke vp twelue baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
6:44And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
6:44And they that did eate of the loaues, were about fiue thousand men.