Marco 6:40

40 Ed essi si coricarono per cerchi, a cento, ed a cinquanta, per cerchio.

Marco 6:40 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:40

And they sat down in ranks
Or "beds": in such form as little beds are placed in a garden, or as rows of vines in a vineyard, in which form the scholars of the wise men sat in their schools: it is said ^F7,

``R. Eliezer ben Azariah expounded before the wise men in the vineyard (i.e. the university) of Jabneh: though was there a vineyard there? but these are the disciples of the wise men, who are made, or placed, (twrwv twrwv) , "rows, rows", or "in ranks", as a vineyard.''

By hundreds, and by fifties;
that is, an hundred in "each" bed, or row, and fifty in "each" bed, or row, as the word (ana) , signifies: each distinct bed, or row, had either a hundred, or fifty in it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 T. Hieros. Beraeot, fol. 7. 4. Vid. Gloss. in T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 42. 2.

Marco 6:40 In-Context

38 Ed egli disse loro: Quanti pani avete? andate, e vedete. Ed essi, dopo essersene accertati, dissero: Cinque, e due pesci.

39 Ed egli comandò loro che il facesser tutti coricar sopra l’erba verde, per brigate.

40 Ed essi si coricarono per cerchi, a cento, ed a cinquanta, per cerchio.

41 Poi prese i cinque pani, e i due pesci, e levò gli occhi al cielo, e fece la benedizione; poi ruppe i pani, e li diede a’ suoi discepoli, acciocchè li mettessero davanti a loro: egli spartì eziandio i due pesci a tutti.

42 E tutti mangiarono, e furon saziati.