Luke 5:1
On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
2 He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.
3 Jesus 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
- KJV
- And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
- WEB
- Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
- ASV
- Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
- DARBY
- And it came to pass, as the crowd pressed on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret:
- BLB
- Now it came to pass, in the crowd also pressing on Him to hear the word of God, that He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
- ÅB
- Men det skjedde da folket trengte seg inn på ham og hørte Guds ord, og han sto ved Gennesaret-sjøen,
- OTB
- En gang, da Jesus stod ved Gennesaretsjøen, trengte folkemengden seg rundt ham, ivrige etter å høre Guds ord.
- B1930
- Men det skjedde da folket trengte sig inn på ham og hørte Guds ord, og han stod ved Gennesaret-sjøen,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 1:16–20
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Read in contextMatthew 4:18–22
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Read in contextMark 3:9
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
Read in contextMatthew 14:34
When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.
Read in contextMark 6:53
When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and moored the boat.
Read in contextJoshua 12:3
as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:17
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
Read in contextMatthew 11:12
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
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