Matthew 13:2

Matthew 13:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
• New International Version (NIV)Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

Context of Matthew 13:2

1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore. 3And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Matthew 13:2 word by word

καὶ συνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλοι πολλοὶ ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν εἱστήκει.Read the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• largeπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• crowdsὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• gatheredσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
• aroundπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• Himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
• got intoἐμβαίνωembainō · to climbG1684
• got intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a boatπλοῖονploion · boatG4143
• sat downκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• stoodἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• shoreαἰγιαλόςaigialos · shoreG123

Cross-references for Matthew 13:2

• Matthew 4:25Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
• Matthew 15:30Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
• Luke 8:4While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
• Mark 4:1Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
• Luke 5:3Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.

Commentaries on Matthew 13:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Into a ship - , The vessel or boat. Mr. Wakefield supposes (which is very likely) that a particular vessel is uniformly specified, which seems to have been kept on the lake for the use of Christ and his apostles: it probably belonged to some of the fishermen, (see Matthew 4:22;), who, he thinks, occasionally, at least, followed their former occupation. See John 21:3. The thought of pious Quesnel on this verse should not be neglected. We see here a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-53In the third major speech recorded by Matthew (see study note on Matthew 5:1–7:29), Jesus here recognized the separation of his followers from others (Matthew 13:14, 16). He began to reveal the secrets of the kingdom of heaven privately to them through parables.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship--the article in the received text lacks authority and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore--How graphic this picture!--no doubt from the pen of an eye-witness, himself impressed with the scene. It was "the same day" on which the foregoing solemn discourse was delivered, when His kindred thought Him "beside Himself" for His indifference to food and repose--that…Read the comment

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• Galilee
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Commentaries on Matthew 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings