Matthew 15:35

15:35 After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Mark 6:39

6:39 Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.

Mark 8:6

8:6 Then ¹  he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So ²  they served the crowd.

Luke 9:14

9:14 (Now about five thousand men ³  were there.) ⁴  Then ⁵  he said to his disciples, “Have ⁶  them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

John 6:10

6:10 Jesus said, “Have ⁷  the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) ⁸  So the men ⁹  sat down, about five thousand in number.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

³ tn The Greek text reads here ἄνδρες (andres) – that is, adult males. The actual count would be larger, since the use of this Greek term suggests that women and children were not included in this number (see the parallel in Matt 14:21).

⁴ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁶ tn Or “Make” (depending on how the force of the imperative verb is understood). Grk “cause them to recline” (the verb has causative force here).

⁷ tn Grk “Make.”

⁸ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author (suggesting an eyewitness recollection).

⁹ tn Here “men” has been used in the translation because the following number, 5,000, probably included only adult males (see the parallel in Matt 14:21).