And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
- BSB Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.
- NKJV Jesus departed from there, skirted the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the mountain and sat down there.
- NASB Departing from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee, and after going up on the mountain, He was sitting there.
- NLT Jesus returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat down.
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Quick answer
Jesus returns to the region of the Sea of Galilee and sits on a mountainside. It matters because it sets the scene for further healings and the feeding of the four thousand.
Overview
Leaving Gentile territory, Jesus comes back to the familiar area of Galilee. He goes up the mountain and sits, the posture of a teacher and the place where great crowds will gather. This transition leads into a fresh display of his healing power and compassion. The setting recalls God's mighty acts among his people on the mountains of Scripture.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 4:18And 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.
- Matt 5:1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
- John 6:1After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
- Matt 15:29–31And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
- Mark 7:31–37And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
- Luke 5:1And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
- John 6:23(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
- Matt 13:2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
- Mark 1:16Now 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.
- 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:
- Isa 9:1Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
- John 21:1After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
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