Then immediately Jesus ordered the disciples to enter the boat and row on ahead of Him to the other side [i.e., to the west side of Lake Galilee] until He could send the crowds away.
Matthew 8:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Now when Jesus saw large crowds around Him, He gave orders [i.e., to His followers] to leave for the other side [i.e., to go from the west to the east side of Lake Galilee]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now Jesus, when He saw the great throngs around Him, gave orders to cross to the other side [of the lake]. American Standard Version (1901) Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. Common English Bible Now when Jesus saw the crowd, he ordered his disciples to go over to the other side of the lake. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Jesus, seeing the great crowds encircling him, gave orders to go across the sea. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water. |
Then immediately Jesus ordered the disciples to enter the boat and row on ahead of Him to the other side [i.e., to the west side of Lake Galilee] until He could send the crowds away.
And when He had come down from the mountain [See 5:1], large crowds followed Him.
When evening came that day He said to the disciples, “Let us go over to the other side [i.e., the east side of Lake Galilee].”
When Jesus had crossed over again in a boat to the other side [i.e., to the northwest shore of the lake, probably in the vicinity of Capernaum], a large crowd gathered around Him along the shore of the lake.
And about then Jesus compelled His disciples to get into a boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side [i.e., to the west side of Lake Galilee] to Bethsaida [Note: This was apparently a different “Bethsaida” from the one mentioned in Luke 9:10, which was on the east side of Lake Galilee], while He Himself sent the crowd away.
Then He left them and boarded a boat again and sailed to the other side [i.e., the east side of Lake Galilee].
Now it happened on one of those days that Jesus entered a boat with His disciples. He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side” [i.e., the east side of Lake Galilee]; so they launched out.
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].