Matthew 15:35

35 et praecepit turbae ut discumberet super terram

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 et dicunt ei discipuli unde ergo nobis in deserto panes tantos ut saturemus turbam tantam

34 et ait illis Iesus quot panes habetis at illi dixerunt septem et paucos pisciculos

35 et praecepit turbae ut discumberet super terram

36 et accipiens septem panes et pisces et gratias agens fregit et dedit discipulis suis et discipuli dederunt populo

37 et comederunt omnes et saturati sunt et quod superfuit de fragmentis tulerunt septem sportas plenas