Treasury of Scripture
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Matthew 14:18,19 He said, Bring them here to me...
Matthew 15:35,36 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground...
Mark 6:39-41 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies on the green grass...
Mark 8:6,7 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke...
Luke 9:14-16 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company...
Now. No wonder, since it was the spring, being near the passover; and, from the plenty of grass, it would be a place much more suitable to the purpose. This circumstance, says Dr. Paley, is plainly the remark of an eye-witness.