και 2532 CONJ εκελευσεν 2753 5656 V-AAI-3S τοις 3588 T-DPM οχλοις 3793 N-DPM αναπεσειν 377 5629 V-2AAN επι 1909 PREP την 3588 T-ASF γην 1093 N-ASF
Vincent's NT Word Studies
35. On the ground (epi thn ghn). Compare Mark viii. 6. On the occasion of feeding the five thousand, the multitude sat down on the grass (epi touv cortouv), Matt. xiv. 19. It was then the month of flowers. Compare Mark vi. 39, the green grass, and John vi. 10, much grass. On the present occasion, several weeks later, the grass would be burnt up, so that they would sit on the ground.Gave thanks. According to the Jewish ordinance, the head of the house was to speak the blessing only if he himself shared in the meal; yet if they who sat down to it were not merely guests, but his children or his household, then he might speak it, even if he himself did not partake.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
15:35 {On the ground} (epi ten gen). No mention of "grass" as in #14:19 for this time, midsummer, the grass would be parched and gone.
