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



Ver. 40. Sat down in ranks] Gr. ranks, ranks, that is, rank by rank, {a} as rows or borders of beds in a garden. Ordinatim res in Ecclesia faciendae. Church work is to be done decently, and in order.



{a} ðñáóéáé ðñáóéáé , Hebraismus, ut Exo_8:14.