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

1On that day after Yeshua left the house, He was sitting by the sea. And large crowds gathered around Him; so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood on the shore. 3And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some seeds fell by the road; and the birds came and ate them up.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• multitudesὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• were gathered togetherσυνάγωsunagō · to assembleG4863
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• so thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
• wentἐμβαίνωembainō · to climbG1684
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a shipὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• a shipπλοῖονploion · boatG4143
• and satκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• wholeπᾶςpas · allG3956
• stoodἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the shoreαἰγιαλόςaigialos · shoreG123

Cross-references for Matthew 13:2

• Matthew 4:25And large crowds followed Him from the Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
• Matthew 15:30And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them the lame, blind, disabled, mute, and many others. And they laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not pass from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs will come. To him will be the obedience of the peoples.
• Luke 8:4And when a large crowd was gathering and those from various towns were traveling to Him, He spoke by means of a parable.
• Mark 4:1Again Yeshua began to teach by the sea. A large crowd gathered around Him, so He got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the crowd was by the sea on the land.
• Luke 5:3Getting into one of the boats, Simon’s boat, Yeshua asked him to push out a ways from the land. Then sitting down, He taught the crowds 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