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"Feed my sheep!"
Pastors should be like shepherds who tend to all the welfare needs of the people in a daily ministration of faith, hope, and charity, so that none of the *sheep of Christ* have to eat at the tables of legal charity provided by the exercising authority of *the Fathers of the earth*.^[1]
Before Jesus was able to provide the people with loaves and fishes in Mark 6:39 He "commanded" His disciples to "make" the people sit down in **Tens**. And then those groups were to organize in companies upon companies in *divisions* and "ranks" of "fifties and hundreds".
Christ also told His disciples not to be like the *rulers and princes of the Gentiles* who provided *benefits by exercising authority one over the other*.
Everyone who got the Baptism of Christ was "put out" by the ordinance of the Pharisees of the Jewish synagogue system which was also composed of ten families through which they provided welfare with the "Corban" of the people.
Christ appointed a kingdom to His "called out" group He called His "little flock" to be ministers or servants to the people in "free assemblies" not rulers like the "benefactors" of the "world" who "exercise authority". Every man should be led by the Holy Spirit to gather in order to love one another. The minister is supposed to be serving by *making* or *requiring* the people voluntarily organize themselves in Companies of tens, fifties and hundreds, and thousands so that people may *love one another* through daily ministration in the practice of Pure Religion as we see the early Church doing in history for centuries.
If all the people who say they are Christians were actually doing what Christ commanded, socialism would be obsolete and no one could be or would be exploited. *Socialism* is the religion you get when you refuse to do what Christ commanded and have no Pure Religion.

Command

Jesus said many things which certainly can and should be counted as instructions from the King.^[2] Are you doing what Jesus the Christ commanded?

One of the times when Jesus actually commanded His disciples to do something was a key element to the survival of Christians during the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Yet, the modern Church and modern Christians not only disregard His words they often do the opposite just like the Pharisees and their corban.

That question shall only be truly answered by what you do, not by what you say.^[3]

Jesus even said in Luke 6:46 "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"

How many times did Jesus command the people to do something?
What words did scripture use to describe those commands?
Are modern Christians following the commands of Christ?

The followers of Christ, because of their love for Him, would natural by that love accept whatever He told us to do as if it was a commandment.^[1]

But you might think that if Jesus actually commanded His disciples to organize thousands of people in patterns of ten families in "ranks^[4] of a hundred" in Mark 6 before they could receive any loaves and fishes there would great interest in knowing when, why , and for what purpose such a "command" was issued for what purpose. Yet, many modern Christians seem to be surprised today that such a strong word was used.

Since the practice of networking in these small companies of ten families was so common with early Christians and many other free nations for centuries you might also think that Christians today would be striving to do the same.

Luke 9:14,15 "For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties^[5] in a company. And they did so, and made them all sit down."

At first, almost all Christians were Jews. Jews, including all the apostles, knew the drill.

"To this day, at least among the Jews, all it takes to form a synagog is ten elders! Ten men, rather... they constitute a synagog and the elder who was chosen by the ten heads of household conduct the services. That’s the way it was."

"The apostles as they went out established, Paul for example, church after church in one place after another and he appointed and ordained elders, and he moved on."^[6]

Jesus as Christ commanded that His disciples organize the people in these small groups of heads of families and in ranks^[4] of a hundred until all the people were connected in a network because the "kingdom of heaven is like unto a net".^[7] And because it is the most practical way to set the table of the Lord to say nothing of gathering a free people in a hostile world.

There is clear evidence that the early Church did organize in a network so so that they could consistently rightly divide bread from house to house in the practice of Pure Religion and to provide assistance to Christians during these hard times through the aid brought by ministers like Paul and Barnabus during national dearths, economic emergencies, and periodic persecutions. The people who claim to be ministers of Christ should and would be doing something very similar today but they depend on the rulers in government who exercise authority one over the other in covetous practices that take from some citizens by force to provide for others.

If Jesus told His appointed ministers to feed my sheep and care for the needy, providing a distribution of daily bread from house to house^[8] without exercising authority to provide that daily ministration through the practice of what James calls Pure Religion in the service of a peculiar people by His Church they would be striving to do that too.

If Jesus told His appointed minister they had to give up their personal estates, belong to Him alone not being part of the world and follow Him that you would see all those who are claiming to be the ministers of His Church today doing something similar.

If Jesus condemned the Pharisees for their Corban which provided benefits to the people by way of men who called themselves benefactors but exercised authority one over the other and because they failed to attend to the weightier matters then those men who call themselves ministers of Christ but do not do what He commanded may be the many workers of iniquity He warned us of and in need of repentance.

The most predominant form of free self-government system throughout history has been based on voluntary systems composed of a Network of what was sometimes called the "*tens, hundreds, and thousands*". Early Israel, the Teutons, Saxons, Lumbards and many others societies all followed this pattern including the early Church because Christ commanded it. This allowed them to provide a Daily ministration for the welfare of all early Christians through the practice Pure Religion which was the Corban of Christ which helped early Christians survive and thrive while the Imperial Cult of Rome declined and fell. It is important to understand that the Imperial Cult of Rome and the Corban of the Pharisees were welfare systems of Social Security and public welfare that makes the word of God to none effect. They also make the people merchandise, curse children with debt and entangle you again in the yoke of bondage and the elements of the world. The Way of Christ is your only salvation.

"This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People."^[9]

It appears that the practices of the modern Church is drastically different than what the early Church did daily. Modern Christians are often doing things that early Christians were persecuted for refusing to do.

We see the word commanded numerous times in the Bible. Sometimes it is men commanding other men sometimes it is God or Jesus making commands. Did Jesus ever command His disciples to do something important?

The first place we see the word commanded is in Genesis when God commanded man not to eat of the tree of Knowledge but only of the tree of life.^[10] It is probably just as important to understand what those trees are as it is to understand the word commanded.

The Hebrew word commanded ^[11] in Genesis 2:16 is in the form of VavYodTzadikVav from the Hebrew root word TzadikVavHey which is used to create the Hebrew word commandment, mitsvah, TzadikVavHeyMem.^[12]

Prostasso

There are several Greek words translated commanded in the New Testament and the first one is prostasso, which only appears 7 times.^[13] It is a word that means more to bid someone to do something or conform to some arrangement rather than a forceful order or command. It is a word that means "to assign or ascribe to, join to". Even the word "assign" or “assignment” comes from the Greek word "tasso". The Greek word "pros" is preposition suggesting that to do something would be "to the advantage of" someone or something.

Epitasso

There is the Greek word epitasso (epetaxen)^[14] which appears 10 times and means to enjoin upon, order, command, charge. Jesus uses this word when He commanded His disciples to organize the people in small groups or companies networked together in ranks of fifty^[5] and ranks of a hundred.

Mark 6:39 according to Westcott and Hort 1881 Greek text is as follows:

καὶ ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς ἀνακλιθῆναι πάντας συμπόσια συμπόσια ἐπὶ τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ.

kai	epetaxen	autois	anaklinai	pantas	symposia	symposia	epi	tō	chlōrō	chortō.
καὶ	ἐπέταξεν	αὐτοῖς	ἀνακλιθῆναι	πάντας	συμπόσια	συμπόσια	ἐπὶ	τῷ	χλωρῷ	χόρτῳ.
And	he commanded	them	to make sit down	all	by companies	by companies	upon	the	green	grass.

So we can see in the literal translation which reads:

"And he commanded them to make sit down all by companies by companies upon the green grass."

The word by companies which is symposia is repeated twice in the original text expressing a repetition in orders of tens and the word epitasso^[14] translated he commanded is a compound of Tasso^[15] which also produces taxis^[16] all of which express an order or pattern.

This word sumposion^[17] translated company is derived in part from the word pino which means "figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen, nourish it unto life eternal" and is a traditional Greek word often signifying a group of around ten men.

The phrase upon the green^[18] grass^[19] which is a term often meaning yellow green suggesting an event later in the year such as the time of the Feast of Tabernacles which was traditionally the time when Israel organized itself in the pattern of tens which allowed them to function as a nation without a central king or top-down authority.

Mark 6:40 also using the Westcott and Hort 1881 text is as follows:

καὶ ἀνέπεσαν πρασιαὶ πρασιαὶ κατὰ ἑκατὸν καὶ κατὰ πεντήκοντα.

kai	anepesan	prasiai^[4]	prasiai^[4]	kata	hekaton	kai	kata	pentēkonta.
καὶ	ἀνέπεσαν	πρασιαὶ	πρασιαὶ	κατὰ	ἑκατὸν	καὶ	κατὰ	πεντήκοντα.
And	they sat down	in ranks,	in ranks,	by	hundreds,	and	by	fifties.

Which translates:

And they sat down in ranks,^[4] in ranks,^[4] by hundreds, and by fifties.^[5]

Here we again see the term for "ranks" is also repeated twice in the original text and is from the word prasia^[4] which as a Hebrew idiom i.e. they reclined in ranks or divisions, so that several ranks formed, as it were separate plots and again this order was to be by hundreds, and by fifties"^[5] because there were 5000 men who were elders of families.^[20]

This use of a term translated rank has nothing to do with rank of authority like a military rank of authority but is a reference to a way to network the different small groups of tens so that there can be a way to ensure that everyone is accounted for and form a cohesive group without a top-down authority.

Paraggello

Another Greek word translated command is paraggello ^[21] which may include the idea of a command but by itself it only means "to transmit a message along from one to another, to declare". There are uses of the word depending on context where the word paraggello carries the weight of an order.

Jesus used this word in Mark 6:8 When he said "And commanded^[21] them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:". But also in Mark 8:6 when "And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before [them]; and they did set [them] before the people." The second verse is where He "commanded the people to sit down". While we may read that as a command it was more like an instruction that it was time to sit down as they did in Mark 6:39 but the word was epitasso and he was commanding the disciples not the people.

We see Jesus use the word in Matthew 10:5 "These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:"

Why would Jesus forbid his apostles to go to other nations including the Samaritan when he was praising the faith of a Roman centurion and the Good Samaritan? Was Jesus trying to tell, command, His disciples to do something else? Jesus would later send them out to preach to all nations, so this prohibition was just at that time.

It is probably as important to understand the words sent forth which is from apostello^[22] and the words way from hodos ^[23], enter from the Greek eiserchomai ^[24] and city from the Greek polis.^[25]

If those words were used according to their meaning as metaphors what Jesus was saying was quite different than what some would have you to think.

The word "the way" means "a course of conduct" or "a way (i.e. manner) of thinking, feeling, deciding". The apostles were called to Repent which means to think differently. Was Jesus warning them to be guarded against conducting themselves like the men who exercise authority but call themselves benefactors or thinking like the other nations who accepted the covetous practices, free bread, and socialism of Rome and its public religion, the Imperial Cult of Rome?

The Greek term eiserchomai^[24] is warning them not to "enter" into the "polis" of the Samaritans could easily mean that Jesus did not want them to enter into "condition or status" within the political city-states. From the beginning to the end Jesus wanted to keep his disciples separate from the world which was the constitutional orders and systems of governments of the people who exercise authority one over the other.

Keleuo

A third word in the Greek text translated commanded is keleuo ^[26] which specifically does mean to command and appears some 27 times^[27], usually by people in positions of authority like Herod, Pilate, Festus or the chief captain. It is from a primary Greek word kello meaning "to urge on".

Peter uses the term "keleuo" in reference to Jesus giving him a command.^[28] And Jesus uses it in one of His Parables.^[29]

Jesus uses the term "keleuo" several times in order to direct His disciples and the people who sought to follow Him.^[30]

Entellomai

There is another word that means command which we find in the New Testament. The Greek verb entellomai^[31]meaning "to order, command to be done, enjoin" is seen some 17 times in the text.

The Greek word entellomai was used once in relationship to the last will and testament of Joseph concerning his bones. ^[32]

Adversaries of Christ used the word twice to mock Jesus.^[33]

The term was used four times in reference to Moses giving commands.^[34]

Jesus used the term 9 times concerning commands directed for us to obey.^[35]

This Pattern of Tens

The Kingdom of God is from *"generation to generation"* and not just from *congregation to congregation*. But it was the responsibility of the people to organize themselves in free assemblies. The Feasts made this possible. As people gathered in the tuns they were able to *love one another* which is the only way to *fulfill the law*^[36] and families united by marriage and friendship and meeting the challenges of a peculiar people who live by faith, hope, and charity through a perfect law of liberty. This is why Christ commanded that the people must first organize themselves in the tens like dry bones coming together.

This pattern of tens, hundreds and thousands was used by Moses and Jethro and countless other nations throughout the ages. It was one of the most predominant forms of self-government used over the long history of mankind.

It was a voluntary system used by Early Israel, the Teutons, Saxons, Lumbards and many other societies. This simple pattern allowed them to provide a Daily ministration for the welfare for many people and for all early Christians through the practice Pure Religion which was the Corban of Christ which helped early Christians survive and thrive while the Imperial Cult of Rome declined and fell and its covetous practices degenerated the masses.

Each small group or "company" chose a leader^[37] of their group who would keep them connected to nine other groups. In this way, small intimate groups were able to organize a large multitude of people without having to exercise authority one over the other.

When it was used to attend to what Christ called the weightier matters it created the social bonds of a free society which kept the people free.

There was going to be a need to know that there was proper division of the bread from house to house^[38] which would aee the apostles overseeing after Pentecost.

The purpose of organizing in this fashion was more than two-fold. The apostles would receive and distribute (breaking) what people were willing to share as we see in:

Acts 2:46 And every day, they continued to gather together in the temple, breaking (klōntes | κλῶντες) bread from house to house, sharing their food with joy and simplicity of heart,

Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week, when we had gathered to break (klasai | κλάσαι) bread, Paul addressed them, and since he intended to leave the next day, he continued his message until midnight.

1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break (klōmen | κλῶμεν), is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 11:24 and after giving thanks, he broke (eklasen | ἔκλασεν) it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

We see these patterns of welfare through a network of organized congregations of elders who were heads of families throughout the history of early Christians such as in the gatherings of Justin the Martyr and others.

“And the wealthy among us help the needy ... and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.” "Justin the Martyr's Apology" to the Emperor Antonius Pius in 150 AD, (Ch. 65-67)^[39]

We certainly see Paul and Barnabas bring relief all over the Roman Empire during the dearths and famines the swept across the landscape as Rome declined under corruption, inflation, and decay of the social bonds which degenerated under the welfare State of the Imperial Cult of Rome.

Without that well organized network of small intimate groups spread across the Roman Empire and beyond the daily ministration as we see being done in Acts would be impossible.

Each company of elders would pick one elder to gather together with nine men like himself to create a small group of ten men who could oversee a righteous distribution to a hundred.

The only alternative social safety net was those offered by Caesar or Herod or other rulers but we know those systems of welfare are a snare and "make the word of God to none effect". Besides, Christ told is we were not to be like the men of other governments who called themselves "Benefactors" of the people but exercise authority taking from your neighbor to provide "benefits" for you. That would be unacceptable to Christ because that would be iniquity.

Mark 6: 41 "And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all."

The “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together" of Hebrews 10:25 was exemplified when the disciples were "commanded" by Jesus to make the people sit down in "ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties."^[40]

We see this same pattern of Tens when the disciples were told to make the people sit down by fifties in a company in Luke 9:14.^[41]

But this pattern of Tens was at essential at Pentecost when thousands upon thousands of Jewish citizens accepted Jesus as the Christ and king and upon their Baptism were put out of the system of Corban of the Pharisees and Herod that was "making the word of God to none effect".

This organized gathering in Tens was to implement the welfare of The Congregation of the people, to provide the benefits for the people, of the people, and by the people's fervent charity freely provided. The disciples of Jesus through the intimate network of the early Church practiced Pure Religion through The Way of Christ by faith, hope and charity which bound the people together in the Social bonds of love. This righteous Corban of Christ would make the word of God to effect again.

The entire Christian conflict with Rome was rooted in the "union and discipline" of their network of Charity. The true Early Christian did not apply for benefits and dainties at the government temples of Rome nor did they take part in the legal charity of the Imperial Cult of Rome which was part of the social welfare State provided through the Fathers of the earth who called themselves Benefactors but exercised authority one over the other.^[42]

"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." Hebrews 10:25

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Cross-reference

Other Bible references are cross-referenced to Mark 6:38 such as Luke 9:For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties^[5] in a company.^[43] 15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.

Matthew 15:35 "And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground."

1 Corinthians 1433 "For God is not [the author] of confusion^[44], but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." and 1 Corinthians 14:40 "Let all things be done decently and in order^[16]."

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." John 15:10 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "keep" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."
↑ Doers and not doers
Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:"

Matthew 25:11 "Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us." See Foolish virgins and Workers of iniquity.

Luke 6:46 "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great."

Luke 13:25 "When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:" See Workers of iniquity.

John 3:19 "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." See Born again.

John 9:31 "Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth."
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 4237 ~πρασιά~ prasia \@pras-ee-ah’\@ perhaps from prason (a leek, and so an onion-patch); ; n f AV-in ranks 1, not tr. 1; 2
1) a plot of ground, a garden bed

2) Hebrew idiom i.e. they reclined in ranks or divisions, so that several ranks formed, as it were separate plots
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4
4004 πεντήκοντα pentekonta [pen-tay’-kon-tah] multiplicative of 4002; adj; AV-fifty 7; 7
1) fifty
- In Mark 6:40 we see κατά πεντήκοντα with a word origin as
a cardinal number from pente and a modified form of deka which means ten. Literally 5x10
- See also 4849
↑ "The World Under God’s Law, The Church Under God’s Law" by Professor Rushdoony.
↑ Matthew 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
↑ Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
↑ is attributed to the General Prologue to the John Wycliffe Bible translation of 1384, as quoted in Lincoln at Gettysburg.
↑ Genesis 2:16 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
↑ 06680 ^הוצ^ tsavah \@tsaw-vaw’\@ a primitive root Hebrew letters Tzadik Vav Hey; if you add a Mem 04687 ^הוצמ^ mitsvah v; AV-command 514, charge 39, commandment 9, appoint 5, bade 3, order 3, commander 1, misc 4; 494
1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon

1a2) to give charge to, give command to

1a3) to give charge unto

1a4) to give charge over, appoint

1a5) to give charge, command

1a6) to charge, command

1a7) to charge, commission

1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)

1b) (Pual) to be commanded
↑
04687 ^מִצְוָה‎^ mitsvah MemTzadikVavHey \@mits-vaw’\@ with the Hebrew letters MemTzadikVavHey from 06680; n f; AV-commandments 173, precept 4, commanded 2, law 1, ordinances 1; 181
1) commandment
1a) commandment (of man)

1b) the commandment (of God)

1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
↑ 4367 ~προστάσσω~ prostasso \@pros-tas’-so\@ from 4314 and 5021; v AV-command 6, bid 1; 7
1) to assign or ascribe to, join to

2) to enjoin, order, prescribe, command
2a) to appoint, to define
Appears 7 times:
Matthew 1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden <4367> him, and took unto him his wife:

Matthew 8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded <4367>, for a testimony unto them.

Matthew 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded <4367> them, And brought the ass, and the colt,...
Kingdom context Matthew 21:5 "... thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass."

Mark 1:44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded <4367>, for a testimony unto them.

Luke 5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded <4367>, for a testimony unto them.

Acts 10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded <4367> thee of God.

Acts 10:48 And he commanded <4367> them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 2004 ~ἐπιτάσσω~ epitasso \@ep-ee-tas’-so\@ from 1909 and 5021; ; v AV-command 8, charge 1, enjoin 1; 10
1) to enjoin upon, order, command, charge

The Greek word epitasso translated command appear 10 times but only a few times in the Bible in reference to Jesus. He commanded unclean spirits in Mark 1:27, Luke 4:36, Mark 9:25 and in Luke 8:31. We also see Him command the wind in Luke 8:25.

While Jesus uses the word in Luke 14:22 in a parable of a master commanding his servants to gather people for the wedding feast the only time Jesus commanded people was his disciples in Mark 6:39 to make all sit down by companies.

In Mark 6:27 we see the king sent an executioner, and commanded John the Baptist's head to be brought and Acts 23:2 The high priest Ananias commanded men to smite Jesus on the mouth.

It is very clear the word epitasso is not an invitation, a suggestion, advise, statement

The word "commandments" is not the same and it is usually the Greek word entole which means more a precept or a statement like the word we see in the Old Testament for Commandments.

also Philemon 1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin <2004> thee that which is convenient, Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "epitasso" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 2004 ~ἐπιτάσσω~ epitasso \@ep-ee-tas’-so\@ from 1909 and 5021; ; v AV-command 8, charge 1, enjoin 1; 10
1) to enjoin upon, order, command, charge

The Greek word epitasso translated command appear 10 times but only a few times in the Bible in reference to Jesus. He commanded unclean spirits in Mark 1:27, Luke 4:36, Mark 9:25 and in Luke 8:31. We also see Him command the wind in Luke 8:25.

While Jesus uses the word in Luke 14:22 in a parable of a master commanding his servants to gather people for the wedding feast the only time Jesus commanded people was his disciples in Mark 6:39 to make all sit down by companies.

In Mark 6:27 we see the king sent an executioner, and commanded John the Baptist's head to be brought and Acts 23:2 The high priest Ananias commanded men to smite Jesus on the mouth.

It is very clear the word epitasso is not an invitation, a suggestion, advise, statement

The word "commandments" is not the same and it is usually the Greek word entole which means more a precept or a statement like the word we see in the Old Testament for Commandments.

also Philemon 1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin <2004> thee that which is convenient,
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 5010 τάξις taxis [tax’-is] from 5021; n f; AV-order 10; 10
1) an arranging, arrangement

2) order
2a) a fixed succession observing a fixed time

3) due or right order, orderly condition

4) the post, rank, or position which one holds in civic or other affairs
4a) since this position generally depends on one’s talents, experience, resources
4a1) character, fashion, quality, style
↑ 4849 ~συμπόσιον~ sumposion \@soom-pos’-ee-on\@ from a derivative of the alternate of 4844; ; n n AV-company 1, not tr. 1; Repeated twice in Mark 6:39
1) a drinking party, entertainment
1a) of the party itself, the guests

1b) rows of guests

"The symposium (or symposion) was an important part of ancient Greek culture from the 7th century BCE and was a party held in a private home where Greek males gathered to drink, eat and sing together. Various topics were also discussed such as philosophy, politics, poetry and the issues of the day."

" The equivalent of a Greek symposium in Roman society is the Latin convivium."

A Roman convivium according to Marcus Tullius Cicero for the republican period and Seneca suggest that ten to twelve was the maximum number.

Plato in his "Laws" endorses the benefits of the symposium as a means to test and promote virtue in citizens.
↑ Green from the Greek word chloros can mean yellowish pale because it is not the primary word for green.
↑ Is the green grass like the green pastures of Psalms 23:2 "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters." The word pasture is na’ah meaning a habitation or abode in the sense of "beautiful" and "befitting". Green in Hebrew is deshe from dasha meaning cause to sprout or come forth.
↑ 10x50x100=5000 men or husbands which were present (Mark 6:44 )
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 3853 ~παραγγέλλω~ paraggello \@par-ang-gel’-lo\@ from 3844 and the base of 32; v AV-command 20, charge 6, give commandment 1, give charge 1, declare 1, give in charge 1, vr command 1; 31
1) to transmit a message along from one to another, to declare, announce

2) to command, order, charge
For Synonyms see entry 5844
↑ 649 ~ἀποστέλλω~ apostello \@ap-os-tel’-lo\@ from 575 and 4724; TDNT-1:398,67; {See TDNT 87} v AV-send 110, send forth 15, send away 4, send out 2, misc 2; 133
1) to order (one) to go to a place appointed

2) to send away, dismiss
2a) to allow one to depart, that he may be in a state of liberty

2b) to order one to depart, send off

2c) to drive away For Synonyms see entry 5813
↑
3598 ~ὁδός~ hodos \@hod-os’\@ apparently a root word; TDNT-5:42,666; {See TDNT 535} n f AV-way 83, way side 8, journey 6, highway 3, misc 2; 102
1) properly
1a) a way
1a1) a travelled way, road

1b) a travellers way, journey, travelling

2) metaph.
2a) a course of conduct

2b) a way (i.e. manner) of thinking, feeling, deciding
- figuratively, a mode or mean (means and method): — journey, (high-)way.
↑ ^24.0 ^24.1 1525 ~εἰσέρχομαι~ eiserchomai \@ice-er’-khom-ahee\@ from 1519 and 2064; TDNT-2:676,257; {See TDNT 259} v AV-enter 107, go 22, come in 19, go in 18, enter in 17, come 14, arise 1; 198
1) to go out or come in: to enter
1a) of men or animals, as into a house or a city

1b) of Satan taking possession of the body of a person

1c) of things: as food, that enters into the eater’s mouth

2) metaph.
2a) of entrance into any condition, state of things, society, employment
2a1) to arise, come into existence, begin to be

2a2) of men, to come before the public

2a3) to come into life

2b) of thoughts that come into the mind
↑ 4172 ~πόλις~ polis \@pol’-is\@ probably from the same as polemos 4171 meaning war, or perhaps from polus 4183 meaning many, much, large; n f AV-city 164; 164
1) a city
1a) one’s native city, the city in which one lives

1b) the heavenly Jerusalem
1b1) the abode of the blessed in heaven

1b2) of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire

1c) the inhabitants of a city
↑ 2753 ~κελεύω~ keleuo \@kel-yoo’-o\@ from a primary kello (to urge on); ; v AV-command 24, at (one’s) command 1, give commandment 1, bid 1; 27
1) to command, to order
↑ : Matthew 14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded <2753> it to be given her.
Matthew 27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded <2753> the body to be delivered.

Matthew 27:64 Command <2753> therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Luke 18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded <2753> him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,

Acts 4:15 But when they had commanded <2753> them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Acts 5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded <2753> to put the apostles forth a little space;

Acts 8:38 And he commanded <2753> the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

Acts 12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded <2753> that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
Acts 16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded <2753> to beat them.
Acts 21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded <2753> him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

Acts 21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded <2753> him to be carried into the castle.

Acts 22:24 The chief captain commanded <2753> him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

Acts 22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded <2753> the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Acts 23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest <2753> me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Acts 23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded <2753> the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

Acts 23:35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded <2753> him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

Acts 24:8 Commanding <2753> his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

Acts 25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded <2753> Paul to be brought.

Acts 25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded <2753> the man to be brought forth.

Acts 25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded <2753> him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

Acts 25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment <2753> Paul was brought forth.

Acts 27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded <2753> that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
↑ : Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid <2753> me come unto thee on the water.
↑ : Matthew 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded <2753> him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
↑ Matthew 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment <2753> to depart unto the other side.
Matthew 14:19 And he commanded <2753> the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Matthew 15:35 And he commanded <2753> the multitude to sit down on the ground.
↑ 1781 ~ἐντέλλομαι~ entellomai \@en-tel’-lom-ahee\@ from 1722 and the base of 5056; v AV-command 10, give commandment 3, give charge 2, enjoin 1, charge 1; 17
1) to order, command to be done, enjoin

For Synonyms see entry 5844
↑ Hebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment <1781> concerning his bones.
↑ : Matthew 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give <1781> his angels charge <1781> concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Luke 4:10 For it is written, He shall give <1781> his angels charge <1781> over thee, to keep thee:
↑ : Mark 10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command <1781> you?
Matthew 19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command <1781> to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

John 8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded <1781> us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

Hebrews 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined <1781> unto you.
↑ Matthew 15:4 For God commanded <1781>, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
John 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave <1781> me commandment <1781>, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

Matthew 17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged <1781> them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

Mark 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded <1781>: and they let them go.

Mark 13:34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded <1781> the porter to watch.

John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command <1781> you.

John 15:17 These things I command <1781> you, that ye love one another.

Acts 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments <1781> unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

Acts 13:47 For so hath <1781> the Lord commanded <1781> us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
↑ Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
↑ 1588 ~ἐκλεκτός~ eklektos \@ek-lek-tos’\@ from 1586; TDNT-4:181,505; {See TDNT 431} adj AV-elect 16, chosen 7; 23
1) picked out, chosen
1a) chosen by God,
1a1) to obtain salvation through Christ
1a1a) Christians are called "chosen or elect" of God

1a2) the Messiah is called "elect," as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable

1a3) choice, select, i.e. the best of its kind or class, excellence preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians
↑ Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
↑ alternate translation:
“And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.” Chapter LXVII
Geof T Emery interlinear:
6. Οἱ εὐποροῦντες δὲ καὶ βουλόμενοι κατὰ προαίρεσιν ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὃ βούλεται
The prospering and also wishing according to choosing each one the of himself what willing
δίδωσι, καὶ τὸ συλλεγόμενον παρὰ τῷ προεστῶτι ἀποτίθεται, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπικουρεῖ
he gives, and the being collected with the having presided is deposited, and he he gives aid
ὀρφανοῖς τε καὶ χήραις, καὶ τοῖς διὰ νόσον ἢ δι’ ἄλλην αἰτίαν λειπομένοις,
to orphans both and widows, and to the through sickness or through other cause being in want,
καὶ τοῖς ἐν δεσμοῖς οὖσι, καὶ τοῖς παρεπιδήμοις οὖσι ξένοις, καὶ ἁπλῶς πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν
and to the in chains are, and to the sojourning being strangers, and briefly to all the in
χρείᾳ οὖσι κηδεμὼν γίνεται.
in need being a guardian he is.
↑ John 6:10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Luke 9:15 "And they did so, and made them all sit down."
↑ Luke 9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
↑ Not exercise authority
Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."

Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."

Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
↑ 2828 κλισία klisia [klee-see’-ah] from a derivative of 2827 klino to lay or fall; n f; AV-company 1; 1
1) a hut erected to pass the night in

2) a tent

3) anything to recline on
3a) a chair in which to lean back the head

3b) a reclining chair

4) a company reclining

4a) a row or party of persons reclining at meal
↑ Template:181

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[keep-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." John 15:10 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "keep" defined multiple times with different content

[king-2] Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."

[doethv-3] Doers and not doers
Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:"

Matthew 25:11 "Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us." See Foolish virgins and Workers of iniquity.

Luke 6:46 "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: 48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great."

Luke 13:25 "When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:" See Workers of iniquity.

John 3:19 "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." See Born again.

John 9:31 "Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth."

[prasia-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 4237 ~πρασιά~ prasia \@pras-ee-ah’\@ perhaps from prason (a leek, and so an onion-patch); ; n f AV-in ranks 1, not tr. 1; 2
1) a plot of ground, a garden bed

2) Hebrew idiom i.e. they reclined in ranks or divisions, so that several ranks formed, as it were separate plots

[fifty-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 4004 πεντήκοντα pentekonta [pen-tay’-kon-tah] multiplicative of 4002; adj; AV-fifty 7; 7
1) fifty

In Mark 6:40 we see κατά πεντήκοντα with a word origin as
a cardinal number from pente and a modified form of deka which means ten. Literally 5x10
See also 4849

[6] In Mark 6:40 we see κατά πεντήκοντα with a word origin as

[7] See also 4849

[6] "The World Under God’s Law, The Church Under God’s Law" by Professor Rushdoony.

[7] Matthew 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

[8] Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

[9] s attributed to the General Prologue to the John Wycliffe Bible translation of 1384, as quoted in Lincoln at Gettysburg.

[10] Genesis 2:16 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

[11] 06680 ^הוצ^ tsavah \@tsaw-vaw’\@ a primitive root Hebrew letters Tzadik Vav Hey; if you add a Mem 04687 ^הוצמ^ mitsvah v; AV-command 514, charge 39, commandment 9, appoint 5, bade 3, order 3, commander 1, misc 4; 494
1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon

1a2) to give charge to, give command to

1a3) to give charge unto

1a4) to give charge over, appoint

1a5) to give charge, command

1a6) to charge, command

1a7) to charge, commission

1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)

1b) (Pual) to be commanded

[12] 04687 ^מִצְוָה‎^ mitsvah MemTzadikVavHey \@mits-vaw’\@ with the Hebrew letters MemTzadikVavHey from 06680; n f; AV-commandments 173, precept 4, commanded 2, law 1, ordinances 1; 181
1) commandment
1a) commandment (of man)

1b) the commandment (of God)

1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)

מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)

צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)

ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)

ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

[15] מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)

[16] צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)

[17] ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)

[18] ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)

[13] 4367 ~προστάσσω~ prostasso \@pros-tas’-so\@ from 4314 and 5021; v AV-command 6, bid 1; 7
1) to assign or ascribe to, join to

2) to enjoin, order, prescribe, command
2a) to appoint, to define
Appears 7 times:
Matthew 1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden <4367> him, and took unto him his wife:

Matthew 8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded <4367>, for a testimony unto them.

Matthew 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded <4367> them, And brought the ass, and the colt,...
Kingdom context Matthew 21:5 "... thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass."

Mark 1:44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded <4367>, for a testimony unto them.

Luke 5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded <4367>, for a testimony unto them.

Acts 10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded <4367> thee of God.

Acts 10:48 And he commanded <4367> them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

[epitasso-14] 14.0 ^14.1 2004 ~ἐπιτάσσω~ epitasso \@ep-ee-tas’-so\@ from 1909 and 5021; ; v AV-command 8, charge 1, enjoin 1; 10
1) to enjoin upon, order, command, charge

The Greek word epitasso translated command appear 10 times but only a few times in the Bible in reference to Jesus. He commanded unclean spirits in Mark 1:27, Luke 4:36, Mark 9:25 and in Luke 8:31. We also see Him command the wind in Luke 8:25.

While Jesus uses the word in Luke 14:22 in a parable of a master commanding his servants to gather people for the wedding feast the only time Jesus commanded people was his disciples in Mark 6:39 to make all sit down by companies.

In Mark 6:27 we see the king sent an executioner, and commanded John the Baptist's head to be brought and Acts 23:2 The high priest Ananias commanded men to smite Jesus on the mouth.

It is very clear the word epitasso is not an invitation, a suggestion, advise, statement

The word "commandments" is not the same and it is usually the Greek word entole which means more a precept or a statement like the word we see in the Old Testament for Commandments.

also Philemon 1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin <2004> thee that which is convenient, Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "epitasso" defined multiple times with different content

[tasso-15] 2004 ~ἐπιτάσσω~ epitasso \@ep-ee-tas’-so\@ from 1909 and 5021; ; v AV-command 8, charge 1, enjoin 1; 10
1) to enjoin upon, order, command, charge

The Greek word epitasso translated command appear 10 times but only a few times in the Bible in reference to Jesus. He commanded unclean spirits in Mark 1:27, Luke 4:36, Mark 9:25 and in Luke 8:31. We also see Him command the wind in Luke 8:25.

While Jesus uses the word in Luke 14:22 in a parable of a master commanding his servants to gather people for the wedding feast the only time Jesus commanded people was his disciples in Mark 6:39 to make all sit down by companies.

In Mark 6:27 we see the king sent an executioner, and commanded John the Baptist's head to be brought and Acts 23:2 The high priest Ananias commanded men to smite Jesus on the mouth.

It is very clear the word epitasso is not an invitation, a suggestion, advise, statement

The word "commandments" is not the same and it is usually the Greek word entole which means more a precept or a statement like the word we see in the Old Testament for Commandments.

also Philemon 1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin <2004> thee that which is convenient,

[taxis-16] 16.0 ^16.1 5010 τάξις taxis [tax’-is] from 5021; n f; AV-order 10; 10
1) an arranging, arrangement

2) order
2a) a fixed succession observing a fixed time

3) due or right order, orderly condition

4) the post, rank, or position which one holds in civic or other affairs
4a) since this position generally depends on one’s talents, experience, resources
4a1) character, fashion, quality, style

[17] 4849 ~συμπόσιον~ sumposion \@soom-pos’-ee-on\@ from a derivative of the alternate of 4844; ; n n AV-company 1, not tr. 1; Repeated twice in Mark 6:39
1) a drinking party, entertainment
1a) of the party itself, the guests

1b) rows of guests

"The symposium (or symposion) was an important part of ancient Greek culture from the 7th century BCE and was a party held in a private home where Greek males gathered to drink, eat and sing together. Various topics were also discussed such as philosophy, politics, poetry and the issues of the day."

" The equivalent of a Greek symposium in Roman society is the Latin convivium."

A Roman convivium according to Marcus Tullius Cicero for the republican period and Seneca suggest that ten to twelve was the maximum number.

Plato in his "Laws" endorses the benefits of the symposium as a means to test and promote virtue in citizens.

[18] Green from the Greek word chloros can mean yellowish pale because it is not the primary word for green.

[19] Is the green grass like the green pastures of Psalms 23:2 "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters." The word pasture is na’ah meaning a habitation or abode in the sense of "beautiful" and "befitting". Green in Hebrew is deshe from dasha meaning cause to sprout or come forth.

[20] 10x50x100=5000 men or husbands which were present (Mark 6:44 )

[paraggello-21] 21.0 ^21.1 3853 ~παραγγέλλω~ paraggello \@par-ang-gel’-lo\@ from 3844 and the base of 32; v AV-command 20, charge 6, give commandment 1, give charge 1, declare 1, give in charge 1, vr command 1; 31
1) to transmit a message along from one to another, to declare, announce

2) to command, order, charge
For Synonyms see entry 5844

[22] 649 ~ἀποστέλλω~ apostello \@ap-os-tel’-lo\@ from 575 and 4724; TDNT-1:398,67; {See TDNT 87} v AV-send 110, send forth 15, send away 4, send out 2, misc 2; 133
1) to order (one) to go to a place appointed

2) to send away, dismiss
2a) to allow one to depart, that he may be in a state of liberty

2b) to order one to depart, send off

2c) to drive away For Synonyms see entry 5813

[23] 3598 ~ὁδός~ hodos \@hod-os’\@ apparently a root word; TDNT-5:42,666; {See TDNT 535} n f AV-way 83, way side 8, journey 6, highway 3, misc 2; 102
1) properly
1a) a way
1a1) a travelled way, road

1b) a travellers way, journey, travelling

2) metaph.
2a) a course of conduct

2b) a way (i.e. manner) of thinking, feeling, deciding

figuratively, a mode or mean (means and method): — journey, (high-)way.

[30] uratively, a mode or mean (means and method): — journey, (high-)way.

[eiserchomai-24] 24.0 ^24.1 1525 ~εἰσέρχομαι~ eiserchomai \@ice-er’-khom-ahee\@ from 1519 and 2064; TDNT-2:676,257; {See TDNT 259} v AV-enter 107, go 22, come in 19, go in 18, enter in 17, come 14, arise 1; 198
1) to go out or come in: to enter
1a) of men or animals, as into a house or a city

1b) of Satan taking possession of the body of a person

1c) of things: as food, that enters into the eater’s mouth

2) metaph.
2a) of entrance into any condition, state of things, society, employment
2a1) to arise, come into existence, begin to be

2a2) of men, to come before the public

2a3) to come into life

2b) of thoughts that come into the mind

[25] 4172 ~πόλις~ polis \@pol’-is\@ probably from the same as polemos 4171 meaning war, or perhaps from polus 4183 meaning many, much, large; n f AV-city 164; 164
1) a city
1a) one’s native city, the city in which one lives

1b) the heavenly Jerusalem
1b1) the abode of the blessed in heaven

1b2) of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire

1c) the inhabitants of a city

[26] 2753 ~κελεύω~ keleuo \@kel-yoo’-o\@ from a primary kello (to urge on); ; v AV-command 24, at (one’s) command 1, give commandment 1, bid 1; 27
1) to command, to order

[27] : Matthew 14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded <2753> it to be given her.
Matthew 27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded <2753> the body to be delivered.

Matthew 27:64 Command <2753> therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Luke 18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded <2753> him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,

Acts 4:15 But when they had commanded <2753> them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Acts 5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded <2753> to put the apostles forth a little space;

Acts 8:38 And he commanded <2753> the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

Acts 12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded <2753> that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
Acts 16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded <2753> to beat them.
Acts 21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded <2753> him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

Acts 21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded <2753> him to be carried into the castle.

Acts 22:24 The chief captain commanded <2753> him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

Acts 22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded <2753> the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Acts 23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest <2753> me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Acts 23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded <2753> the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

Acts 23:35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded <2753> him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

Acts 24:8 Commanding <2753> his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

Acts 25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded <2753> Paul to be brought.

Acts 25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded <2753> the man to be brought forth.

Acts 25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded <2753> him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

Acts 25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment <2753> Paul was brought forth.

Acts 27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded <2753> that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

[28] : Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid <2753> me come unto thee on the water.

[29] : Matthew 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded <2753> him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

[30] Matthew 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment <2753> to depart unto the other side.
Matthew 14:19 And he commanded <2753> the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Matthew 15:35 And he commanded <2753> the multitude to sit down on the ground.

[31] 1781 ~ἐντέλλομαι~ entellomai \@en-tel’-lom-ahee\@ from 1722 and the base of 5056; v AV-command 10, give commandment 3, give charge 2, enjoin 1, charge 1; 17
1) to order, command to be done, enjoin

For Synonyms see entry 5844

[32] Hebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment <1781> concerning his bones.

[33] : Matthew 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give <1781> his angels charge <1781> concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Luke 4:10 For it is written, He shall give <1781> his angels charge <1781> over thee, to keep thee:

[34] : Mark 10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command <1781> you?
Matthew 19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command <1781> to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

John 8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded <1781> us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

Hebrews 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined <1781> unto you.

[35] Matthew 15:4 For God commanded <1781>, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
John 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave <1781> me commandment <1781>, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

Matthew 17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged <1781> them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

Mark 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded <1781>: and they let them go.

Mark 13:34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded <1781> the porter to watch.

John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command <1781> you.

John 15:17 These things I command <1781> you, that ye love one another.

Acts 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments <1781> unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

Acts 13:47 For so hath <1781> the Lord commanded <1781> us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

[36] Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

[37] 1588 ~ἐκλεκτός~ eklektos \@ek-lek-tos’\@ from 1586; TDNT-4:181,505; {See TDNT 431} adj AV-elect 16, chosen 7; 23
1) picked out, chosen
1a) chosen by God,
1a1) to obtain salvation through Christ
1a1a) Christians are called "chosen or elect" of God

1a2) the Messiah is called "elect," as appointed by God to the most exalted office conceivable

1a3) choice, select, i.e. the best of its kind or class, excellence preeminent: applied to certain individual Christians

[38] Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

[39] ternate translation:
“And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.” Chapter LXVII
Geof T Emery interlinear:
6. Οἱ εὐποροῦντες δὲ καὶ βουλόμενοι κατὰ προαίρεσιν ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὃ βούλεται
The prospering and also wishing according to choosing each one the of himself what willing
δίδωσι, καὶ τὸ συλλεγόμενον παρὰ τῷ προεστῶτι ἀποτίθεται, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπικουρεῖ
he gives, and the being collected with the having presided is deposited, and he he gives aid
ὀρφανοῖς τε καὶ χήραις, καὶ τοῖς διὰ νόσον ἢ δι’ ἄλλην αἰτίαν λειπομένοις,
to orphans both and widows, and to the through sickness or through other cause being in want,
καὶ τοῖς ἐν δεσμοῖς οὖσι, καὶ τοῖς παρεπιδήμοις οὖσι ξένοις, καὶ ἁπλῶς πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν
and to the in chains are, and to the sojourning being strangers, and briefly to all the in
χρείᾳ οὖσι κηδεμὼν γίνεται.
in need being a guardian he is.

[40] John 6:10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Luke 9:15 "And they did so, and made them all sit down."

[41] Luke 9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

[exauth-42] Not exercise authority
Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."

Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."

Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."

[company-43] 2828 κλισία klisia [klee-see’-ah] from a derivative of 2827 klino to lay or fall; n f; AV-company 1; 1
1) a hut erected to pass the night in

2) a tent

3) anything to recline on
3a) a chair in which to lean back the head

3b) a reclining chair

4) a company reclining

4a) a row or party of persons reclining at meal

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 == Command ==
-Jesus said many things which certainly can and should be counted as instructions from the King.<Ref name="king">
+Jesus said many things which certainly can and should be counted as instructions from the King.<Ref name="king">[[Acts 17]]:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of [[Caesar]], saying that there is another king, one [[Jesus]]."</Ref> Are you doing what [[Jesus]] the [[Christ]] [[commanded]]?
-[[Acts 17]]:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.</Ref> Are you doing what [[Jesus]] the [[Christ]] [[commanded]]?
-That question shall only be truly answered by what you do.
+One of the times when Jesus actually [[commanded]] His [[disciples]] to do something was a key element to the survival of Christians during the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Yet, the [[modern Church]] and [[modern Christians]] not only disregard His words they often do the opposite just like the [[Pharisees]] and their [[corban]].
+That question shall only be truly answered by what you do, not by what you say.<Ref name="doethv">{{doethv}}</Ref>
 Jesus even said in [[Luke 6]]:46 "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"
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 The followers of Christ, because of their love for Him, would natural by that love accept whatever He told us to do as if it was a ''commandment''.<Ref name="keep">[[John 15]]:10 "If ye [[keep my commandments]], ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you."</Ref>
-But you might think that if Jesus actually [[commanded]] His ''[[disciple]]s'' to organize thousands of people in patterns of ''[[tens|ten]]'' families in "ranks of a hundred" in [[Mark 6]] before they could receive any ''loaves and fishes'' there would great interest in knowing when, why , and for what purpose such a "command" was issued for what purpose. Yet, many [[modern Christians]] seem to be surprised today that such a strong word was used.
+But you might think that if Jesus actually [[commanded]] His ''[[disciple]]s'' to organize thousands of people in patterns of ''[[tens|ten]]'' families in "ranks<Ref name="prasia">{{4237}}</Ref> of a hundred" in [[Mark 6]] before they could receive any ''loaves and fishes'' there would great interest in knowing when, why , and for what purpose such a "command" was issued for what purpose. Yet, many [[modern Christians]] seem to be surprised today that such a strong word was used.
 Since the practice of networking in these small ''companies'' of ten families was so common with [[early Christians]] and many other free nations for centuries you might also think that Christians today would be striving to do the same.
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 : "The [[apostles]] as they went out established, Paul for example, church after church in one place after another and he appointed and ordained [[elders]], and he moved on."<Ref>"The World Under God’s Law, The Church Under God’s Law" by Professor Rushdoony.</Ref>
-Jesus as [[Christ]] [[commanded]] that His disciples organize the people in these small groups of heads of families and in ''ranks'' of a hundred until all the people were connected in a [[network]] because the "kingdom of heaven is like unto a net".<Ref>[[Matthew 13]]:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:</Ref> And because it is the most practical way to [[daily ministration|set the table of the Lord]] to say nothing of gathering a free people in a hostile [[world]].
+Jesus as [[Christ]] [[commanded]] that His disciples organize the people in these small groups of heads of families and in ''ranks''<Ref name="prasia">{{4237}}</Ref> of a hundred until all the people were connected in a [[network]] because the "kingdom of heaven is like unto a net".<Ref>[[Matthew 13]]:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:</Ref> And because it is the most practical way to [[daily ministration|set the table of the Lord]] to say nothing of gathering a free people in a hostile [[world]].
-There is clear evidence that the [[early Church]] did that consistently so that they could ''rightly divide bread from house to house'' in the practice of [[Religion]] and to provide aid to Christians during these hard times through the aid brought by ministers like Paul and Barnabus during national [[dearth]]s, emergencies and persecutions that the people who claim to be ministers of Christ would be doing something very similar today.
+There is clear evidence that the [[early Church]] did organize in a network so so that they could consistently  ''rightly divide bread from house to house'' in the practice of [[Pure Religion]] and to provide assistance to Christians during these hard times through the aid brought by ministers like Paul and Barnabus during national [[dearth]]s, economic emergencies, and periodic persecutions. The people who claim to be ministers of Christ should and would be doing something very similar today but they depend on the rulers in government who [[exercise authority]] one over the other in [[covetous practices]] that take from some citizens by [[force]] to provide for others.
-: If Jesus told His [[appoint]]ed ministers to ''feed my sheep'' and care for the needy, providing a distribution of ''[[free bread|daily bread]] from house to house''<Ref>[[Acts 2]]:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and [[free bread|breaking bread]] from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,</Ref> without [[exercise authority|exercising authority]] to provide that [[daily ministration]] through the practice of what James calls [[Pure Religion]] in the service of a [[peculiar people]] by [[His Church]] they would be striving to do that too.'''
+: If Jesus told His [[appoint]]ed ministers to ''[[Feeding the Sheep|feed my sheep]]'' and [[care]] for the needy, providing a distribution of ''[[free bread|daily bread]] from house to house''<Ref>[[Acts 2]]:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and [[free bread|breaking bread]] from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,</Ref> without [[exercise authority|exercising authority]] to provide that [[daily ministration]] through the practice of what James calls [[Pure Religion]] in the service of a [[peculiar people]] by [[His Church]] they would be striving to do that too.'''
 : '''If Jesus told ''His [[appoint]]ed minister'' they had to [[Vow of poverty|give up their personal estates]], belong to Him alone not being part of the [[world]] and follow Him that you would see all those who are claiming to be the ministers of [[His Church]] today doing something similar.'''
 : '''If Jesus condemned the [[Pharisees]] for their [[Corban]] which provided [[benefits]] to the people by way of ''men who called themselves [[benefactors]] but [[exercise authority|exercised authority]] one over the other'' and because they failed to attend to the [[weightier matters]] then those men who call themselves ministers of [[Christ]] but do not [[doers|do]] what He [[commanded]] may be the many [[workers of iniquity]] He warned us of and in need of [[repent]]ance.'''
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 === Prostasso ===
-There are several Greek words translated ''commanded'' in the New Testament and the first one is  '''''prostasso''''', which only appears 7 times.<Ref>{{4367}}</Ref> It is a word that means more to ''bid'' someone to do something or conform to some arrangement rather than a forceful order or command. It is a word that means "to assign or ascribe to, join to". Even the word "assign" or “assignment” comes from the Greek word "tasso".  The Greek word "pros" is  preposition suggesting that to do something would be "to the advantage of" someone or something.
+There are several Greek words translated ''commanded'' in the New Testament and the first one is  '''''prostasso''''', which only appears 7 times.<Ref>{{4367}}</Ref> It is a word that means more to ''bid'' someone to do something or conform to some arrangement rather than a forceful order or command. It is a word that means "to assign or ascribe to, join to". Even the word "assign" or “assignment” comes from the Greek word "tasso".  The Greek word "pros" is preposition suggesting that to do something would be "to the advantage of" someone or something.
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 {{epitasso}}
-[[Image:network4m.jpg|250px|right|thumb|The [[Kingdom  of God]] is from ''"generation to generation"'' and not just from ''[[The Congregation|congregation to congregation]]''.  But it was the responsibility of the people to organize themselves in [[free assemblies]]. The [[Feasts]] made this possible. As people gathered in the [[tuns]] they were able to ''love one another'' which is the only way to ''fulfill the law''<Ref>Romans 13:8  Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath '''fulfilled the law'''.
-: Romans 13:10  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore '''love is the fulfilling of the law'''.
-: [[Galatians 5]]:14  For all the '''law is fulfilled''' in one word, even in this; Thou shalt '''love thy neighbour as thyself'''.
-: [[James 2]]:8  If ye '''fulfil the royal law''' according to the scripture, Thou shalt '''love thy neighbour as thyself''', ye do well:</Ref> and families united by [[marriage]] and [[fellowship|friendship]] and meeting the challenges of a [[peculiar people]] who live by [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[charity]] through a [[perfect law of liberty]]. This is why Christ [[commanded]] that the people must first organize themselves in the [[tens]] like [[dry bones]] coming together.]]
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 : John 15:17  These things I command <1781> you, that ye love one another.
 : Acts 1:2  Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments <1781> unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
 : Acts 13:47  For so hath <1781> the Lord commanded <1781> us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.</Ref>
+==This Pattern of Tens ==
+[[Image:network4m.jpg|250px|right|thumb|The [[Kingdom  of God]] is from ''"generation to generation"'' and not just from ''[[The Congregation|congregation to congregation]]''.  But it was the responsibility of the people to organize themselves in [[free assemblies]]. The [[Feasts]] made this possible. As people gathered in the [[tuns]] they were able to ''love one another'' which is the only way to ''fulfill the law''<Ref>Romans 13:8  Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath '''fulfilled the law'''.
+: Romans 13:10  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore '''love is the fulfilling of the law'''.
+: [[Galatians 5]]:14  For all the '''law is fulfilled''' in one word, even in this; Thou shalt '''love thy neighbour as thyself'''.
+: [[James 2]]:8  If ye '''fulfil the royal law''' according to the scripture, Thou shalt '''love thy neighbour as thyself''', ye do well:</Ref> and families united by [[marriage]] and [[fellowship|friendship]] and meeting the challenges of a [[peculiar people]] who live by [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[charity]] through a [[perfect law of liberty]]. This is why Christ [[commanded]] that the people must first organize themselves in the [[tens]] like [[dry bones]] coming together.]]
+This pattern of [[tens|tens, hundreds and thousands]] was used by [[Moses]] and Jethro and countless other nations throughout the ages. It was one of the most predominant forms of self-[[government]] used over the long history of mankind.
+It was a voluntary system used by [[Early Israel]], the Teutons, Saxons, Lumbards and many other societies. This simple pattern allowed them to provide a [[Daily ministration]] for the [[welfare]] for many people and for all [[early Christians]] through the practice [[Pure Religion]] which was the ''[[Corban of Christ]]'' which helped [[early Christians]] survive and thrive while the [[Imperial Cult of Rome]]  declined and fell and its [[covetous practices]] degenerated the [[masses]].
+Each small group or "company" chose a leader<Ref>{{1588}}</Ref> of their group who would keep them connected to nine other groups. In this way, small intimate groups were able to organize a large multitude of people without having to [[exercise authority]] one over the other.
+When it was used to attend to what Christ called the [[weightier matters]] it created the [[social bonds]] of a free society which kept the people free.
+There was going to be a need to know that there was proper division of the bread from ''house to house''<Ref>[[Acts 2]]:46  And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,</Ref> which would aee the apostles overseeing after [[Pentecost]].
+The purpose of organizing in this fashion was more than two-fold. The apostles would receive and distribute (''breaking'') what people were willing to share as we see in:
+: [[Acts 2]]:46	And every day, they continued to gather together in the temple, breaking (klōntes | κλῶντες) bread from house to house, sharing their food with joy and simplicity of heart,
+: [[Acts 20]]:7	On the first day of the week, when we had gathered to break (klasai | κλάσαι) bread, Paul addressed them, and since he intended to leave the next day, he continued his message until midnight.
+: [[1 Corinthians 10]]:16	The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break (klōmen | κλῶμεν), is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
+: [[1 Corinthians 11]]:24	and after giving thanks, he broke (eklasen | ἔκλασεν) it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
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+We see these patterns of welfare through a network of organized congregations of [[elders]] who were heads of families throughout the history of [[early Christians]] such as in the gatherings of [[Justin the Martyr]] and others.
+<blockquote>
+* “And the wealthy among us help the needy ... and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.”  "[[Justin the Martyr]]'s Apology" to the Emperor Antonius Pius in 150 AD, (Ch. 65-67)<Ref> alternate translation:
+: “And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.” Chapter LXVII<Br>Geof T Emery interlinear:<Br> 6. Οἱ εὐποροῦντες δὲ καὶ βουλόμενοι κατὰ προαίρεσιν ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὃ βούλεται<Br>
+The prospering and also wishing according to choosing each one the of himself what willing<Br>
+δίδωσι, καὶ τὸ συλλεγόμενον παρὰ τῷ προεστῶτι ἀποτίθεται, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπικουρεῖ <Br>
+he gives, and the being collected with the having presided is deposited, and he he gives aid<Br>
+ὀρφανοῖς τε καὶ χήραις, καὶ τοῖς διὰ νόσον ἢ δι’ ἄλλην αἰτίαν λειπομένοις, <Br>
+to orphans both and widows, and to the through sickness or through other cause being in want,<Br>
+καὶ τοῖς ἐν δεσμοῖς οὖσι, καὶ τοῖς παρεπιδήμοις οὖσι ξένοις, καὶ ἁπλῶς πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν<Br>and to the in chains are, and to the sojourning being strangers, and briefly to all the in<Br>
+χρείᾳ οὖσι κηδεμὼν γίνεται.<Br>
+in need being a guardian he is.
+</Ref>
+</blockquote>
+We certainly see Paul and Barnabas bring relief all over the Roman Empire during the [[Dearth|dearths]] and famines the swept across the landscape as Rome declined under corruption, inflation, and decay of the [[social bonds]] which [[masses|degenerated]] under the [[welfare State]] of the [[Imperial Cult of Rome]].
+Without that well organized [[network]] of small intimate groups spread across the Roman Empire and beyond the [[daily ministration]] as we see being done in [[Acts]] would be impossible.
+Each company of [[elders]] would pick one [[elder]] to gather together with nine men like himself to create a small group of ten men who could oversee a righteous distribution to a hundred.
+The only alternative [[social safety net]] was those offered by [[Caesar]] or [[Herod]] or other [[dainties|rulers]] but we know those systems of [[welfare]] are a [[snare]] and "[[Corban|make the word of God to none effect]]". Besides, Christ told is we were not to be like the men of other governments who called themselves "[[Benefactors]]" of the people but [[exercise authority]] taking from your neighbor to provide "[[benefits]]" for you. That would be unacceptable to Christ because that would be [[iniquity]].
+* [[Mark 6]]: 41 '''"And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all."'''
+The “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together" of [[Hebrews 10]]:25 was exemplified  when the disciples were "[[commanded]]" by Jesus to ''make'' the people sit down in "ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties."<Ref>John 6:10 And Jesus said, [[4160 | Make]] the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
+: [[Luke 9]]:15 "And they did so, and [[347|made]] them all sit down."</Ref>
+We see this same pattern of [[Tens]] when the [[disciples]] were told to make the people sit down by '''fifties in a company''' in [[Luke 9]]:14.<Ref>[[Luke 9]]:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by '''fifties in a company'''.</Ref>
+But this pattern of [[Tens]] was at essential at [[Pentecost]] when thousands upon thousands of Jewish citizens accepted [[Jesus]] as the [[Christ]] and king and upon their [[Baptism]]  were [[put out]] of the system of [[Corban]] of the [[Pharisees]] and [[Herod]] that was "making the word of God to none effect".
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+This organized gathering in [[Tens]] was to implement the [[welfare]] of [[The Congregation]] of the people, to provide the [[benefits]] for the people, of the people, and by the people's [[fervent charity]] freely provided. The disciples of Jesus through the intimate network of the [[early Church]] practiced [[Pure Religion]] through [[The Way]] of Christ by [[faith]], [[hope]] and [[charity]] which bound the people together in the [[Social bonds]] of [[love]]. This righteous [[Corban of Christ]] would ''make the word of God to effect'' again.
-In what numbers or manner should we gather?
+The entire [[Christian conflict]] with [[Rome]] was rooted in the "union and discipline" of their network of [[Charity]]. The true [[Early Christian]] did not apply for [[benefits]] and [[dainties]] at the government [[temples]] of [[Rome]] nor did they take part in the [[legal charity]] of the [[Imperial Cult of Rome]] which was part of the  social [[welfare State]] provided through the ''[[Fathers]] of the earth'' who ''called themselves [[Benefactors]] but [[exercise authority|exercised authority]] one over the other.''<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref>
-Is the preferred point of Christ and God which should be the preferred point of Christians.
+:  "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." [[Hebrews 10]]:25
-What is nonsense is thinking it is important if you are gathering in groups of ten or 40 or 100 when the purpose of gathering has nothing to do with Christ nor his teachings.
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-Jesus did "command" his disciples to make 5000 Jewish men and their families to organize themselves in ranks upon ranks before there would be any distributions of food among the people.
+== Cross-reference ==
-Jews had organized in groups of ten for centuries. People before Nimrod, Egyptians before Pharaoh, Tuetons in Germany, Brits etc. All for a reason of practicality.
+Other Bible references are cross-referenced to [[Mark 6]]:38 such as [[Luke 9]]:For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties<Ref name="fifty">{{4004}}</Ref> in a company.<Ref name="company">{{2828}}</Ref> 15  And they did so, and made them all sit down.
-If people gather in whatever number but are still coveting their neighbor's goods through men who [[exercise authority]] they are clearly not followers of Christ.
+Matthew 15:35  "And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground."
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+[[1 Corinthians 14]]33  "For God is not [the author] of confusion<Ref name="akatastasia">{{181}}</Ref>, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." and [[1 Corinthians 14]]:40  "Let all things be done decently and in order<Ref name="taxis">{{5010}}</Ref>."
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