Matthew 14:19-21
he instructed <2753> [he commanded.]
looking up <308> [looking.]
he gave thanks <2127> [he blessed.]
were satisfied <5526> [were.]
and .... and they picked up <2532 142> [and they took.]
about <5616> [about.]
Mark 6:39-40
hundreds <303 1540> [by hundreds.]
It is generally supposed that they were so arranged as to be a hundred in rank, or depth, and fifty in front, or file; which would make the number just five thousand, and will reconcile this account with Luke's, who only speaks of their sitting down by fifties.
Luke 9:14-16
Have ... sit down <2625> [Make.]
looking up <308> [and looking.]
he gave thanks <2127> [he blessed.]
John 6:10
Have <4160> [Make.]
Now <1161> [Now.]
No wonder, since it was the spring, being near the passover; and, from the plenty of grass, it would be a place much more suitable to the purpose. This circumstance, says Dr. Paley, is plainly the remark of an eye-witness.
