Jesus then sent the crowds away while He boarded a boat and crossed the lake to the region of Magadan [i.e., the west side of Lake Galilee].
Mark 3:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) He told His disciples to have a small boat waiting for Him [i.e., from which He could address the people. See 4:1], to prevent His being thronged by the large crowd. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He told His disciples to have a little boat in [constant] readiness for Him because of the crowd, lest they press hard upon Him and crush Him. American Standard Version (1901) And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him: Common English Bible Jesus told his disciples to get a small boat ready for him so the crowd wouldn’t crush him. Catholic Public Domain Version And he told his disciples that a small boat would be useful to him, because of the crowd, lest they press upon him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. |
Jesus then sent the crowds away while He boarded a boat and crossed the lake to the region of Magadan [i.e., the west side of Lake Galilee].
Jesus again began teaching along the shore of the lake [of Galilee]. A huge crowd gathered around Him so that He had to sit in a boat out in the lake [to speak to them], while the entire crowd stood on the shore.
And leaving the crowd, the disciples took Him in their boat just the way He was [i.e., this probably means without His making provision for the trip]. They were accompanied by other boats also.
When Jesus left the boat, immediately a man with an evil spirit came from the graveyard to meet Him.
Just then Jesus perceived in Himself that [healing] power had gone out from Him so turned to the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothing?”
So, they [i.e., Jesus and His apostles] left by boat and went to a separate place [where they could be] alone.
Now it happened while Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Genneseret [i.e., Lake Galilee] that the crowd was pushing closer to Him to hear God’s message.
So, He entered one of the boats that belonged to Simon [i.e., Peter], and asked him to launch out a short distance from shore. Then He sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.
So, [when] Jesus knew that the people were about to come and forcibly take Him and make Him [their] king, He left there again and went to the high plateau [to be] alone [i.e., to pray. See Mark 6:46].