and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
Parallel translations
- KJV And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
- BSB got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.
- ESV got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
- NKJV got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
- NASB and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
- NLT But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Mark 6:45Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.
- John 6:24–25When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn’t there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
- John 2:12After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.
- John 4:46Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
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