Luke 9:14 Parallel Translations
NASB: (For there were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, "Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each." (NASB ©1995)
GWT: (There were about five thousand men.) Then he told his disciples, "Have them sit in groups of about fifty."(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
ASV: For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.
BBE: For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group.
DBY: for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifties.
ERV: For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.
WEY: But He said to His disciples, "Make them sit down in parties of about fifty each."
WBS: For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
WEB: For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
YLT: for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, 'Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;'
Luke 9:14 Cross References
XREF:Mark 6:39 And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
PNT: 9:10-17 Went aside privately. For the feeding of the five thousand, see notes on Mt 14:13-27 Mr 6:30-44 Joh 6:1-21.
A desert place. Near Bethsaida, on the eastern shore of the Jordan.
Bethsaida. Near the mouth of the Jordan into the Sea of Galilee.
MHC: 9:10-17 The people followed Jesus, and though they came unseasonably, yet he gave them what they came for. He spake unto them of the kingdom of God. He healed those who had need of healing. And with five loaves of bread and two fishes, Christ fed five thousand men. He will not see those that fear him, and serve him faithfully, want any good thing. When we receive creature-comforts, we must acknowledge that we receive them from God, and that we are unworthy to receive them; that we owe them all, and all the comfort we have in them, to the mediation of Christ, by whom the curse is taken away. The blessing of Christ will make a little go a great way. He fills every hungry soul, abundantly satisfies it with the goodness of his house. Here were fragments taken up: in our Father's house there is bread enough, and to spare. We are not straitened, nor stinted in Christ.
CONC:Cause Companies Company Disciples Eat Fifties Fifty Group Groups Parties Recline Seated Sit Thousand
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NEXT:Cause Companies Company Disciples Eat Fifties Fifty Five Group Groups Parties Recline Seated Sit Thousand
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