“Jesus got into
One of the boats,
The one belonging
To Simon.
Jesus asked him
To put out
A little way
From the shore.
Then he sat down.
He taught
The crowds
From the boat.”
ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων, ὃ ἦν Σίμωνος, ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον· καθίσας δὲ ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου ἐδίδασκεν τοὺς ὄχλους.
Luke said that Jesus got into one of the boats (ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων), that belonged to Simon (ὃ ἦν Σίμωνος). Jesus asked him to put out his boat a little way from the shore line (ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον). Then he sat down (καθίσας) to teach the crowds (ἐδίδασκεν τοὺς ὄχλους) from this boat (δὲ ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου). Now this part about teaching from the boat can be found in Matthew, chapter 13:1, and Mark, chapter 4:1. Both Mark and Matthew indicated that Jesus began to teach beside the Sea of Galilee. A great crowd had gathered around him, so that Jesus got into a boat. He then sat there in the boat, teaching the whole crowd that was on the beach shore land near the sea. Sitting was the normal way that teachers taught. However, Matthew and Mark did not mention that this boat belonged to Simon as Luke did here.
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