Mark 6:39

Modern

Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.

Traditional

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

Literal

And He commanded them to make them all recline, groups by groups, on the green grass.

Latin

Et præcepit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes secundum contubernia super viride fœnum.

Greek

English

Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.

The disciples finish their mission (6:6–13, 30–34). Then the story of feeding the 5,000 follows (6:35–44; see also Matthew 14:13–21; Luke 9:10–17; John 6:1–15). The feeding of the 4,000 is different enough to show these were two separate events (see Mark 8:1–10).

Matthew 15:35
And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.
1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
1 Corinthians 14:40
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
1 Kings 10:5
…the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
Esther 1:5–6
At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.