John 6:10

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 Living Translation (NLT)“Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.)

Context of John 6:10

8One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?” 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. 11And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. 12So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.”

John 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 14:18He said, “Bring them here to Me.”
• Matthew 15:35So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
• Mark 6:39Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.
• Mark 8:6So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.
• Luke 9:14For there were about five thousand men. Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of 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

Topics related to John 6:10

• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Accursed
• Capernaum
• Meat
• Murmur
• Andrew
• Barley
• Bethsaida
• Grass
• Johannine Theology

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