sumposion denotes the groups arranged to recline for a meal.

The attested use denotes groups arranged to recline for a meal, in the setting described in Mark 6:39.

1. Meal groups arranged to recline · dominant

   The accusative plural form occurs in the command that everyone recline in groups; in Mark 6:39 the APB renders the setting as groups "for the meal" on the green grass.

   Mark 6:39

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Mark 6:39, the APB presents the scene as people reclining in groups "for the meal." It does not isolate the term from the surrounding command.