Joh 6:10 | RWP | e4.org | Sit down ( αναπεσειν ). Literally, "fall back," lie down, recline. Second aorist active infinitive of αναπιπτω . Much grass ( χορτος πολυς ). Old word for pasture, green grass ( ) or hay ( ). It was spring ( ) and plenty of green grass on the hillside. The men ( ο ανδρες ). Word for men as distinct from women, expressly stated in . In number ( τον αριθμον ). Adverbial accusative (of general reference). About ( ος ). General estimate, though they were arranged in orderly groups by hundreds and fifties, "in ranks" like "garden beds" ( πρασια , ).

‏ John 6:10

Sit down ( αναπεσειν ). Literally, "fall back," lie down, recline. Second aorist active infinitive of αναπιπτω.

Much grass ( χορτος πολυς ). Old word for pasture, green grass (Mr 6:39) or hay (1Co 3:12). It was spring (Joh 6:4) and plenty of green grass on the hillside.

The men ( ο ανδρες ). Word for men as distinct from women, expressly stated in Mt 14:21.

In number ( τον αριθμον ). Adverbial accusative (of general reference).

About ( ος ). General estimate, though they were arranged in orderly groups by hundreds and fifties, "in ranks" like "garden beds" ( πρασια, Mr 6:40).