And He left them, got back into the boat, and crossed to the other side.
Parallel translations
- WEB He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.
- KJV And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
- NKJV And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side.
- NASB And leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.
- NLT So he got back into the boat and left them, and he crossed to the other side of the lake.
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Quick answer
Jesus leaves the Pharisees and crosses again to the other side. He turns from hardened unbelief to continue teaching his own.
Overview
His departure is an enacted judgment, leaving those who refuse him to their chosen blindness. Yet he continues investing in his disciples. The movement underscores that Jesus does not force himself on the resistant but persists with those he is forming for the kingdom.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Acts 18:6But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
- Matt 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- John 12:36While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
- Luke 8:37Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
- Hos 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
- Jer 23:33“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
- Acts 13:45–46But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Hos 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
- Ps 81:12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
- Matt 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- John 8:21Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
- Zech 11:8–9And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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