Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI

Then since there are different orders of those who need the food which Jesus supplies and all are not nourished by equal words, on this account I think that Mark has written, "And He commanded them that they should all sit down by companies upon the green grass; and they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties; "[26]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI

and Mark says, "He commanded them all to sit down; "[204]

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