God’s Word Translation
John 6:10
10Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” The people had plenty of grass to sit on. (There were about 5,000 men in the crowd.)
John 6:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there).
- English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Context of John 6:10
8One of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s brother, told him, 9“A boy who has five loaves of barley bread and two small fish is here. But they won’t go very far for so many people.” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” The people had plenty of grass to sit on. (There were about 5,000 men in the crowd.) 11Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to the people who were sitting there. He did the same thing with the fish. All the people ate as much as they wanted. 12When the people were full, Jesus told his disciples, “Gather the leftover pieces so that nothing will be wasted.”
Read all of John 6John 6:10 word by word
εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ποιήσατε τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἀναπεσεῖν. ἦν δὲ χόρτος πολὺς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ. ἀνέπεσαν οὖν οἱ ἄνδρες τὸν ἀριθμὸν ὡς πεντακισχίλιοι.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Makeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- the menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- sit downἀναπίπτωanapipto · to reclineG377
- there wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- grassχόρτοςchortos · grassG5528
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
- Soοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
- the menἀνήρanēr · manG435
- in numberἀριθμόςarithmos · numberG706
- aboutὡσείhōsei · like/as/aboutG5616
- five thousandπεντακισχίλιοιpentakischilioi · five thousandG4000
Cross-references for John 6:10
- Matthew 14:18Jesus said, “Bring them to me.”
- Matthew 15:35He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground.
- Mark 6:39Then he ordered all of them to sit down in groups on the green grass.
- Mark 8:6He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. He took the seven loaves and gave thanks to God. Then he broke the bread and gave it to his disciples to serve to the people.
- Luke 9:14(There were about five thousand men.) Then he told his disciples, “Have them sit in groups of about fifty.”
Commentaries on John 6:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10There was much grass in the place - Perhaps newly mown grass, or hay, is meant, (so the Vulgate faenum), and this circumstance marks out more particularly that the passover was at hand. In Palestine the grass is ready for mowing in March; and this miracle seems to have been wrought only a few days before the commencement of that festival: see John 6:4.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The count of about 5,000 included only the men, as was the usual way of counting in that culture (Matthew 14:21). Including women and children, the total number of people was much greater.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-13(See on Mr 6:31-44). 3. a mountain--somewhere in that hilly range which skirts the east side of the lake.Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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