“And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.”
Jesus said, 'Make the people sit down.' There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men). — Jesus' command to sit (kathizo) is preparation for distribution. The grass detail suggests spring, consistent with Passover. The enumeration (peri pentakischilioi andres) refers to men, suggesting the total crowd with women and children exceeds 5000.
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