John 6:10

Jesus said, “Have ¹  the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) ²  So the men ³  sat down, about five thousand in number.

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

"Tell everyone to sit down," Jesus ordered. So all of them––the men alone numbered five thousand––sat down on the grassy slopes.

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was a nice carpet of green grass in this place. They sat down, about five thousand of them.

Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all.

Then Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

Jesus said, “Have ¹  the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) ²  So the men ³  sat down, about five thousand in number.

¹ tn Grk “Make.”

² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author (suggesting an eyewitness recollection).

³ tn Here “men” has been used in the translation because the following number, 5,000, probably included only adult males (see the parallel in Matt 14:21).