Mark 6:39

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Jesus directed them to have all the crowd sit down in groups on the green grass.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς ἀνακλῖναι πάντας συμπόσια συμπόσια ἐπὶ τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ.

Transliteration

And epetaxen them anaklinai all sumposia sumposia upon the chlōrō chortō.

Grammar Details

• *epetaxen*: aorist, active, 3rd person, singular - he commanded
• *anaklinai*: aorist infinitive, active - to recline
• *sumposia*: accusative, neuter, plural - groups/companies
• *sumposia* repeated: distributive sense - group by group
• *chlōrō*: dative, masculine, singular - green
• *chortō*: dative, masculine, singular - grass

Word Meanings

• *epetaxen*: commanded/ordered/directed
• *anaklinai*: to recline/to sit down/to have them sit
• *sumposia sumposia*: in groups/company by company/in separate groups
• *chlōrō chortō*: green grass/fresh grass

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he commanded them to make all sit down by groups on the green grass.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} he commanded{G2004} them{G846} that all{G3956} should{G347} sit down{G347} by companies{G4849} upon{G1909} the green{G5515} grass.{G5528}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} he commanded{G2004}{(G5656)} them{G846} to make{G347} all{G3956} sit down{G347}{(G5658)} by companies{G4849}{G4849} upon{G1909} the green{G5515} grass{G5528}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he comaunded them to make them all syt doune by companyes apon the grene grasse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he commaunded them all to syt downe by table fulles vpon the grene grasse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So he commanded them to make them all sit downe by companies vpon the greene grasse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he commaunded them, to make them all sit downe by companies vpon the greene grasse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 10:5 : 5 the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attendance of his servants in their attire, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.
• Esth 1:5-6 : 5 When these days were over, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people who were present in the citadel of Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the courtyard of the garden of the king's palace. 6 The garden was decorated with fine white and blue linen fastened with cords of linen and purple material to silver rods on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of alabaster, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
• Matt 15:35 : 35 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground.
• 1 Cor 14:33 : 33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
• 1 Cor 14:40 : 40 But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.