And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
Parallel translations
- WEB Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
- BSB On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
- NKJV So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret,
- NASB Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
- NLT One day as Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, great crowds pressed in on him to listen to the word of God.
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Quick answer
Crowds press around Jesus to hear the word of God by the lake of Gennesaret. The people hunger for his teaching.
Overview
Luke sets the scene for the call of the first disciples by the Sea of Galilee, also called Gennesaret. The crowd's eagerness to hear 'the word of God' shows the drawing power of Jesus' teaching. The pressing multitude prompts the practical solution of teaching from a boat, which leads into the miraculous catch and Peter's call.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Mark 1:16–20Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
- Matt 4:18–22And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
- Mark 3:9And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
- Matt 14:34And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
- Mark 6:53And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
- Matt 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
- Deut 3:17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
- Josh 12:3And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
- Mark 5:24And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
- Num 34:11And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
- Luke 12:1In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Luke 8:45And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
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