Mark 6:39

39 et praecepit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes secundum contubernia super viride faenum

Mark 6:39 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:39

And he commanded them to make all sit down
Christ ordered his disciples, without any more ado, to cause the whole multitude, men, women, and children, to sit, or lie down, as they used to do at table when about to take a meal: and as they had no table before them, nor beds, or couches to sit, or lie down upon, he directed them to place them

by companies upon the green grass;
that there might be some order among them, as at a meal; and that their number might be the more easily known; and that all of them might more plainly see the miracle that was to be wrought: and the provision be more orderly distributed to them.

Mark 6:39 In-Context

37 et respondens ait illis date illis manducare et dixerunt ei euntes emamus denariis ducentis panes et dabimus eis manducare

38 et dicit eis quot panes habetis ite et videte et cum cognovissent dicunt quinque et duos pisces

39 et praecepit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes secundum contubernia super viride faenum

40 et discubuerunt in partes per centenos et per quinquagenos

41 et acceptis quinque panibus et duobus piscibus intuens in caelum benedixit et fregit panes et dedit discipulis suis ut ponerent ante eos et duos pisces divisit omnibus