Mark 6:40 (KJV)

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And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties
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by hundreds.It is generally supposed that they were so arranged as to be a hundred in rank, or depth, and fifty in front, or file; which would make the number just five thousand, and will reconcile this account with Luke's, who only speaks of their sitting down by fifties. Lu 9:14 Lu 9:15

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