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New TestamentMark · Chapter 6

Mark 6:40

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Mark 6:40 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

Mark 6:40 is a verse from the book of Mark in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

Mark 6:40 — KJV

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

Mark 6:40 (KJV)

Mark 6:40 in Context — About the Book of Mark

Mark is the action Gospel — the shortest, fastest account, where Jesus heals, delivers, and teaches with immediate authority. Written for believers under Roman persecution, it presents the Son of God as the suffering servant who came not to be served, but to serve and give His life.

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Cross-References for Mark 6:40

And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

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And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

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And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

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Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

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But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

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Collins Asein — Christian Author & Founder of PrayerKey