John 6:10

Jesus said, “Have ¹  the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) ²  So the men ³  sat down, about five thousand in number.

biblegateway Joh 6:10

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

biblegateway Joh 6:10

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

biblegateway Joh 6:10

"Tell everyone to sit down," Jesus ordered. So all of them––the men alone numbered five thousand––sat down on the grassy slopes.

biblegateway Joh 6:10

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was a nice carpet of green grass in this place. They sat down, about five thousand of them.

SABDAweb Joh 6:10

Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.

bibleoremus Joh 6:10

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all.

biblegateway Joh 6:10

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.

biblegateway Joh 6:10

Jesus said, “Have ¹  the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) ²  So the men ³  sat down, about five thousand in number.

¹ tn Grk “Make.”

² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author (suggesting an eyewitness recollection).

³ 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).