Luke 9:15

15 They did so, making them all, without exception, sit down.

Luke 9:15 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:15

And they did so, and made them all sit down.
] The disciples did not dispute the case any longer with Christ, but obeyed his orders, and ranged the multitude in companies, a hundred in one, and fifty in another; and ordered them to sit down in their distinct companies and ranks upon the green grass. The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "and they all sat down"; and so it is read in some copies of the Vulgate Latin version.

Luke 9:15 In-Context

13 "You yourselves," He said, "must give them food." "We have nothing," they replied, "but five loaves and a couple of fish, unless indeed we were to go and buy provisions for all this host of people."

14 (For there were about 5,000 adult men.) But He said to His disciples, "Make them sit down in parties of about fifty each."

15 They did so, making them all, without exception, sit down.

16 Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

17 So they ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.