Matthew 15:35

35 And he comaunded ye people to syt doune on ye grounde:

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 And his disciples sayd vnto him: whece shuld we get so moche breed in ye wildernes as shuld suffise so greate a multitude?

34 And Iesus sayde vnto them: how many loves have ye? And they sayde: seven and a feawe litle fysshes.

35 And he comaunded ye people to syt doune on ye grounde:

36 and toke the seven loves and the fysshes and gave thankes and brake them and gave to his disciples and the disciples gave them to the people.

37 And they dyd all eate and were suffised. And they toke vp of the broke meate that was lefte .vii. basketes full.