Mark Chapter 6 verse 40 Holy Bible
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
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And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
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And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties.
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And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
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They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
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and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 40. - And they sat down in ranks (ἀνέπεσον πρασιαὶ πρασιαὶ); literally, they reclined. The Greek word πρασια means "a garden plot" or "bed," literally, a bed of leeks. They were disposed symmetrically. Probably the English word "ranks" expresses the meaning as clearly as any could do. This arrangement was probably made, partly that the numbers might be better known, partly that all things might be done in an orderly manner, and that each might have his portion. St. Matthew's account (Matthew 14:21) seems to imply that the "men" were separated from the "women and children."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) In ranks.--The primary meaning of the Greek word is "a bed of flowers or herbs," and it comes in here effectively, with the same distributive reduplication as in the last verse, to paint the whole scene to the mind's eye.
