Matthew 15:35

35 καὶ παραγγείλας τῷ ὄχλῳ ⸃ ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

Matthew 15:35 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 15:35

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
] Not regarding the smallness of the provisions, nor any further consulting with his disciples; but knowing his own power to increase this food, and determining to feed the multitude before he dismissed them, in an authoritative way ordered them to sit down upon the ground in rows, that they might be the better seen, and served.

Matthew 15:35 In-Context

33 καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί · Πόθεν ἡμῖν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι ὥστε χορτάσαι ὄχλον τοσοῦτον;

34 καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς · Πόσους ἄρτους ἔχετε; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν · Ἑπτά, καὶ ὀλίγα ἰχθύδια.

35 καὶ παραγγείλας τῷ ὄχλῳ ⸃ ἀναπεσεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν

36 ἔλαβεν τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας καὶ εὐχαριστήσας ἔκλασεν καὶ ἐδίδου τοῖς μαθηταῖς οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις.

37 καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν, καὶ τὸ περισσεῦον τῶν κλασμάτων ἦραν ⸃ ἑπτὰ σπυρίδας πλήρεις.