Mark 6:40

So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

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

KJV · King James Version

They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

WEB · World English Bible

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

ASV · American Standard Version

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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.; Luke 9:14, 15