John 6:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for John 6:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
John 6:10 is a verse from the book of John in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "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 ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
John 6:10 — KJV
“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.”
— John 6:10 (KJV)
John 6:10 in Context — About the Book of John
John is the Gospel of belief — written so that you may believe Jesus is the Son of God and have life in His name. Seven I AM declarations, seven signs, and the Bible's most loved verse all live here, alongside Jesus' longest recorded prayer in chapter 17.
Cross-References for John 6:10
“For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.”
Shares key themes with John 6:10: make, men, sit
“And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.”
Shares key themes with John 6:10: jesus, down, place
“Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.”
Shares key themes with John 6:10: men, number, about
“When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.”
Shares key themes with John 6:10: jesus, men, down
“A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. every man: Heb. a poll”
Shares key themes with John 6:10: men, number, five
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