Luke 9:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 9:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 9:14 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 9:14 — KJV
“For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.”
— Luke 9:14 (KJV)
Luke 9:14 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 9:14
“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.”
Shares key themes with Luke 9:14: about, five, thousand
“And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. about...: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men”
Shares key themes with Luke 9:14: about, thousand, men
“And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. of...: or, of Ai”
Shares key themes with Luke 9:14: about, five, thousand
“And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.”
Shares key themes with Luke 9:14: about, thousand, men
“And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.”
Shares key themes with Luke 9:14: thousand, men, make
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