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Sit down (anapesein). Literally, “fall back,” lie down, recline. Second aorist active infinitive of anapiptō.
Much grass (chortos polus). Old word for pasture, green grass (Mar 6:39) or hay (1Co 3:12). It was spring (Joh 6:4) and plenty of green grass on the hillside.
The men (hoi andres). Word for men as distinct from women, expressly stated in Mat 14:21.
In number (ton arithmon). Adverbial accusative (of general reference).
About (hos). General estimate, though they were arranged in orderly groups by hundreds and fifties, “in ranks” like “garden beds” (prasiai, Mar 6:40).