They sat down in ranks (ανεπεσαν πρασια πρασια). They half-way reclined (ανακλιθηνα, verse 39). Fell up here (we have to say fell …

In ranks. Literally, in the form of square beds in a garden. By square, regularly formed companies.

By hundreds, and by fifties…

In ranks.—The primary meaning of the Greek word is “a bed of flowers or herbs,” and it applies here effectively, with the same dis…

Theophylact of Ohrid: The Lord, first placing before them what is most profitable—that is, the food of the word of God—afte…

At Jesus’ direction the disciples arranged the crowd into groups of hundreds and fifties in order to facilitate the distribution of the food. This …

And they sat down in ranks
Or "beds": in such form as little beds are placed in a garden, or as rows of vines in a v…

Ministers should do or teach only what they are willing to have told to their Lord. Christ notices the fears of some and the labors of others among…