“ And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. ”
See this narrative explained in the notes at Matthew 14:13-21 . Mark 6:32 By ship - By a boat or a small vessel. Privately - Without making their plan known. They intended to go privat...
And they sat down in (u) ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. (u) The word signifies the beds in a garden, and it is literally, "by beds and beds", meaning by this that they sat down in rows one by a...
The Feeding of the Multitude. Mk. regards the disciples-' need of rest after their missionary labours as the occasion for retirement. The hostility of Herod may also have contributed to the decisio...
in rankest in divisions (like garden beds). by . Greek. ana . App-104. All the texts read kata . App-104.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. By hundreds, and by fifties - "That is," says Mr. Wesley, "fifty in a rank, and a hundred in file. So, a hundred multiplied by fifty, made jus...
He commanded them, &c.— When the loaves and the fishes were brought, our Lord commanded his apostles to make the whole multitude sit down by companies, each consisting of two rows, with their f...
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. Doubtless this was to show at a glance the number fed, and to enable all to w...
Visit to Nazareth. Mission of the Twelve. Execution of the Baptist. Feeding of the Five Thousand. Walking on the Sea 1-6. Visit to Nazareth ( Matthew 13:54 ).
CHAPTER 6:30-46 ( Mark 6:30-46 ) BREAD IN THE DESERT "And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus; and they told Him all things, whatsoever they had done, and whatsoever they had taugh...
the Sympathy and Compassion of Jesus Mark 6:30-56 When the Apostles returned they had much to tell. Some were flushed with success, others radiant with victory over demons, others, perhaps, ove...
"He could there do no mighty work." Not that He in Himself was unable, for His hands laid on a few sick folk brought healing, but that the condition of wilful and persistent unbelief limited the powe...
(30) And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. (31) And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a...
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...
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. Ver. 40. Sat down in ranks ] Gr. ranks, ranks, that is, rank by rank, a as rows or borders of beds in a garden. Ordinatim res in Eccles...
When the day was far spent , &c. See notes on Matthew 14:15-21 , where the circumstances of the miracle here recorded are explained at large. And they sat down in ranks Or rather, in squares...
The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both wh...
See Poole on " Mark 6:34 "
The Wider Ministry begins - the Apostles Are Sent Out - Opposition Continues (6:6a-56). Having established that Jesus is Lord of the elements, Lord over evil spirits and Lord over life and death,...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 6:33-44 (PARALLELS: Matthew 14:13-21 ; Luke 9:10-17 ; John 6:1-13 .) The multitude fed .—When Jesus came forth from a brief rest, He was confronted i...
Mark 6:30-42 The Marvellous Meal. I. The disciples had been away from Jesus, on their first missionary tour, journeying on foot from town to town, preaching what He had taught them, and working m...
Mark 6:3 . Is not this the carpenter? The jews were bound to teach their children some trade, as no man could say what the vicissitudes of life might be. Hence Lightfoot cites the following passag...
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. Miracle of the loaves The miracles of Christ ought to be considered; they are not trifles, and they ought not to be passed over as if they w...
EXPOSITION Mark 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came into his own country , the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and wher...
The feeding:
Luke 9:14 ; Luke 9:15
They sat down in ranks — The word properly signifies a parterre or bed in a garden; by a metaphor, a company of men ranged in order, by hundreds and by fifties — That is, fifty in rank, and a hundr...