# He asked them

"Jesus asked his disciples"

# He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground

This can be written as a direct quote. "Jesus commanded the crowd, 'Sit down on the ground'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# sit down

Use your language's word for how people customarily eat when there is no table, whether sitting or lying down.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/disciple]]