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Matthew 13:2
2And great crowds were gathered together to him, so that going on board ship himself he sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the shore.
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
1And that [same] day Jesus went out from the house and sat down by the sea. And great crowds were gathered together to him, so that going on board ship himself he sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the shore. 3And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow: 4and as he sowed, some [grains] fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;
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καὶ συνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλοι πολλοὶ ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν εἱστήκει.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 13:2
- Matthew 4:25And great crowds followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and beyond the Jordan.
- Matthew 15:30and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:
- Genesis 49:10The sceptre will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.
- Luke 8:4And a great crowd coming together, and those who were coming to him out of each city, he spoke by parable:
- Mark 4:1And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land.
- Luke 5:3And getting into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to draw out a little from the land; and he sat down and taught the crowds out of the ship.
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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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
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