Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 6:10

"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." — John 6:10 (ASV)

Now there was much grass in the place.

So it was a splendid dining-room. It was carpeted luxuriously.

We learn from this that it was the Eastern springtime, for there is not much grass otherwise; and there was therefore in Christ's banqueting hall the ceiling was of blue, and the floor of green grass. What more could they want, except the meat?

And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down.

Jesus would have everything done decently and in order. The people obeyed Christ's command, and sat down, we are told by Mark, in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. There was much grass in the place. Our Lord has a carpet in his banqueting hall, such a carpet as Solomon in all his glory could not have made.

There was much grass in the place. So the men sat down,