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.
2. a ship ] According to the received Greek text, the ship or boat.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 2. Into 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 Mt 4:22), who, he thinks, occasionally, at least, followed their former occupation. See Joh 21:3.
The thought of pious Quesnel on this verse should not be neglected. We see here a representation of the Church, which consists of the people united to their pastors. These, being more exposed to violent tossings and storms, are, as it were, in a ship, while those continue at ease on the shore.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
2. And great multitudes weregathered together unto him, so that he went into a shipthearticle in the received text lacks authority
and sat; and the wholemultitude stood on the shoreHow graphic this picture!nodoubt from the pen of an eye-witness, himself impressed with thescene. It was “the same day” on which the foregoing solemndiscourse was delivered, when His kindred thought Him “besideHimself” for His indifference to food and reposethat same dayretiring to the seashore of Galilee; and there seating Himself,perhaps for coolness and rest, the crowds again flock around Him, andHe is fain to push off from them, in the boat usually kept inreadiness for Him; yet only to begin, without waiting to rest, a newcourse of teaching by parables to the eager multitudes that lined theshore. To the parables of our Lord there is nothing in all languageto be compared, for simplicity, grace, fulness, and variety ofspiritual teaching. They are adapted to all classes and stages ofadvancement, being understood by each according to the measure of hisspiritual capacity.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And great multitudes were gathered unto him,…. Some on one account, and some on another; some to see his person, others his miracles; some healing for their bodies, and others for their souls; some for the loaves, and others to hear him preach; and of these there were several sorts, as the following parable shows.
So that he went into a ship: both for his own advantage, that he might not be crowded, and pressed by the people, and have more room, and a freer air to speak in, and for theirs, that they might both see and hear him better.
And sat, and the whole multitude stood on the shore; as was the then custom of the Jewish doctors and hearers, the one to sit, and the other to stand. [See comments on Mt 5:1]. Christ sat upon the deck of the ship; or perhaps this ship was no other than an open boat, which was put to sea, some little distance from the shore; upon which the people stood in great numbers, with much convenience and attention.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
And all the multitude stood on the beach ( ). Past perfect tense of with imperfect sense, had taken a stand and so stood. Note accusative also with upon the beach where the waves break one after the other ( is from , sea, and , to break, or from , to rush). Jesus had to get into a boat and sit down in that because of the crush of the crowd.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Shore [] . Rev., beach, that over which the sea [] rushes [] . The word for shore, ajkth, on which the sea breaks [] , is never used in the New Testament. Wyc., brink.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “And great multitudes were gathered together unto him,” (kai sunechthesan pros auton ochloi pollai) “And there were gathered together (assembled) to him many crowds” groups having come from many areas of the country where He had taught, preached, and performed miracles, Luk 8:4.
2) “So that he went into a ship,” (hoste auton eis ploion embanta kathesthai) “So that (for physical and security purposes) he went into a ship to sit down;” Mark loosely states He “sat in the sea,” meaning literally, in a boat in the sea, Mr 4:1.
3) “And the whole multitude stood on the shore.” (kai pas ho ochlos epi ton aigialon eistekai) “And all the crowd stood on the beach,” or along the shoreline, Mr 4:16; While Jesus sat (a posture that was a custom in teaching) and taught the people who stood in view, and in range of hearing His voice on the land; In the ship, out of the crowd, He could be more fairly seen and heard. He had formerly made this arrangement for the occasion, Mr 3:9; Luk 5:3.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Mat 13:2
. And great multitudes were gathered together to him. It is not without good reason that the Evangelists begin with informing us that, a vast multitude had assembled, and that when Christ beheld them, he was led to compare his doctrine to seed That multitude had been collected from various places: all were held in suspense; all were alike eager to hear, but not equally desirous to receive instruction. The design of the parable was to inform them, that the seed of doctrine, which is scattered far and wide, is not everywhere productive; because it does not always find a fertile and well cultivated soil. Christ declared that he was there in the capacity of a husbandman, who was going out to sow seed, but that many of his hearers resembled an uncultivated and parched soil, while others resembled a thorny soil; so that the labor and the very seed were thrown away. I forbear to make any farther inquiry into the meaning of the parable, till we come to the explanation of it; which, as we shall find, is shortly afterwards given by our Lord. It may only be necessary, for the present, to remind the reader, that if those who ran from distant places to Christ, like hungry persons, are compared to an unproductive and barren soil, we need not wonder if, in our own day, the Gospel does not yield fruit in many, of whom some are lazy and sluggish, others hear with indifference, and others are scarcely drawn even to hear.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
2. Stood on the shore Our Lord’s pulpit was a ship; his Church the broad beach; and his congregation the standing multitude. It was an outdoor scene, beautiful for the thought to dwell upon. It may have been a quiet day in autumn, when the husbandman upon the distant hills was seen scattering the seed, from which our Lord drew his discourse.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And there were gathered to him great crowds, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the crowd stood on the beach.’
In accordance with his expectations the crowds gathered in such numbers that He entered a boat and taught them from it (compare Luk 5:1-3, which explains where Jesus first got the idea). The crowd then stood on the beach in order to hear Him. This seems to have become a regular practise for Him.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mat 13:2 . ] the boat standing by.
] along the shore (comp. Mat 14:19 ), as in Mat 18:12 . Winer, p. 380 [E. T. 508]; Ngelsbach, note on Hom. Il . ii. 308. The expression is suited to the idea of a gathering of people extending over a considerable space.
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
2 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.
Ver. 2. He went into a ship and sat ] Thinking, perhaps, there to repose himself, after his hard conflict with the Pharisees. But the sight of a new audience incites him to a new pains of preaching to them. And as he held no time unseasonable, so no place unfit for such a purpose. We find him again teaching not in the temple only and synagogues on the Sabbath day (as he did constantly), but in the mountains, in cities, in private houses, by the sea side, by the wayside, by the well’s side, anywhere, everywhere, no pace came amiss to him, no pulpit displeased him.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mat 13:2 . , great numbers of people in all the accounts, compelling the Teacher to withdraw from the shore into the sea, and, sitting in a boat, to address the people standing on the margin. Much interest, popularity of the Teacher still great, and even growing; yet He has formed a very sober estimate of its value, as the parable following shows.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
gathered together. Not the same as in verses: Mat 13:28, Mat 13:29, Mat 13:30, Mat 28:40, Mat 28:41, Mat 28:48, but same as in verses: Mat 13:30, Mat 13:47.
into. Greek. eis.
a = the. See notes on Mat 4:21; Mat 8:23.
on. Greek. epi.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mat 13:2. , the vessel) The article indicates a particular vessel which was wont to be had there.-, …, and, etc.) sc. when the people saw Him.-, beach) Hesychius renders by ,-i.e. the seaside in a sandy place, or abounding with pebbles.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
great: Mat 4:25, Mat 15:30, Gen 49:10, Luk 8:4-8
so: Mar 4:1, Luk 5:3
a ship: [Strong’s G3588] [Strong’s G4143], “the ship” or boat; which Mr. Wakefield supposes was a particular vessel kept on the lake for the use of Christ and his disciples.
Reciprocal: 1Ki 8:14 – all the congregation 2Ch 6:3 – all the congregation Pro 1:21 – General Mat 5:1 – seeing Mat 15:29 – went Luk 4:20 – and sat Joh 6:2 – General Act 16:13 – and we
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:2
A person as interesting as Jesus would not be left to himself very long if the people know where he is, so we are told that great multitudes came unto him. The second word is from a Greek original that means the populace or people in general, and that alone would indicate a goodly number of men and women. Then the other word emphasizes the expression so that we understand that a very large audience came together. Jesus wished to be heard by the multitude and that suggested also that he be seen. For this twofold purpose he entered a ship where he could be in the position of a public speaker with his audience on the shore that doubtless was elevated rearward on the order of an inclined floor of an auditorium.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
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.
[So that he sat, and the whole multitude stood.] So was the manner of the nation, that the masters when they read their lectures sat; and the scholars stood; which honorary custom continued to the death of Gamaliel the Elder; and then so far ceased, that the scholars sat when their masters sat. Hence is that passage: “From that time that old Rabban Gamaliel died, the honour of the law perished, and purity and Pharisaism died.” Where the Gloss, from Megillah; writes us; “Before his death health was in the world, and they learned the law standing; but when he was dead sickness came down into the world, and they were compelled to learn the law sitting.”
Fuente: Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Mat 13:2. Great multitudes. Comp. Mar 4:1; Luk 7:4.
A boat. Comp, the previous occasion (Mar 3:9), when he spake to his disciples that a small boat should wait on him, because of the crowd, lest they should throng him. The people stood on the shore, in order to hear Him. From the boat, the first four parables were spoken; the other three, to the disciples in the house.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mat 13:2-4; Mar 1:40-45; & Luk 5:12-16. Mark: And a leper comes to Him, calling upon Him, and kneeling down before Him, and saying to Him, If You may wish, You are able to cleanse me. And Jesus being moved with compassion, and reaching forth His hand, touched him, and says to him, I am willing; be thou cleansed. The Greek for be thou cleansed, is katristheti, which is in the imperative mode, passive voice, and aorist tense. Therefore it literally means, Be thou completely cleansed instantaneously; Be thou clean, E.V., is too weak a translation of the word our Savior spoke.
Luke says this man was full of leprosy, in contradistinction to a case of leprosy occupying a part of the body. No wonder he was exceedingly importunate, as he was leprous all over.
And charging him, He immediately sent him away, and says to him, See that you tell nothing to any one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them. The lepers in Palestine still have their separate quarters in the cities, dwelling to themselves, as in the days of Christ. I met them at Shechem and at Jerusalem. The popular idea that the separation is because of the contagion of the disease is utterly incorrect. It is not contagious. If it were, what would become of the priests, who, in the discharge of their official duties, are in constant contact with it? See the law of the leper (Leviticus 14), and you will find that when the priest made the examination, and pronounced it leprosy, the victim must go away from society, and live in the leprous quarters. It was well understood among the Jews that leprosy was utterly incurable by human agency. Hence when God, the only Healer, had mercy on the poor leper, he must go to the priest, submit to his diagnosis, and receive from him a certificate of healing, before he was allowed to go into society. While leprosy is not contagious, and not so understood where it is prevalent this day as I came in contact with them, laying a coin on each arm reached forth in supplication, both hands having been eaten off by leprosy yet it is incorrigibly hereditary, from the fact that, like scrofula, it is a blood trouble, affecting every corpuscle of blood in the system, so that it is invariably transmitted to the succeeding generation. Leprosy is a most vivid emblem of inbred sin, which is not necessarily contagious, but inevitably hereditary. Infants born of leprous parents are bright and sprightly, exhibiting no signs of the disease. Yet, soon or late, it is certain to make its appearance, if they do not meet the Healer. So infants born into the world have no actual sin, but have inherited the sinward tendency, which, if not eradicated by grace, will certainly develop into actual transgression. The bite of the rattlesnake when a little thing, soon after evacuating the egg, will not hurt you. But the time will come when he will poison and kill you. While the leprous taint in the blood emblematizes inbred sin in the irresponsible infant, the eruptions on the body represent actual transgressions. e what a striking symbol, not only of inbred sin, but the awful spiritual death which supervenes! You have leprosy in your blood, and feel vigorous and healthy. Before you are aware, it develops on your finger and it drops off; continues its work of destruction till your hand drops off at the wrist. It begins on your face; takes away your nose, and then an eye; reaches your brain, and, fortunately, death comes suddenly to your relief. The reason why the law of Moses required them to live separate was because of the awful loathsomeness of the disease indescribable, horrific, living death! Leprosy, fortunately for us, is not common in America, though I have seen cases of it; but quite common in the Bible lands, where I met them during both of my tours, thus, like everything else in those countries, so wonderfully corroborating the Bible.
And He, having gone out, began to proclaim everything, and spread abroad the history, so that He was no longer able to come publicly into the city; but was off in desert places, and they continued to come to Him from all parts. Luke: But He was away in the deserts, and praying. Why was Jesus so much opposed to their publishing His mighty works, and why could He not come into the city at this time, but must hide away in the deserts i.e., in an uninhabited region of country? From time immemorial, the Jews had all understood that Christ was to be their King. At that time the nation was in deep distress, because thirty years had elapsed since the death of Herod the Great, and during which they had no king, but had been reduced to a Roman province, and were ruled by a proconsul sent out from Rome, thus their liberties gone and their people subject to the Gentiles. Hence, throughout the Hebrew nation, there was a deep sigh, and a perpetual cry to God to break the Roman yoke, restore to them their independence, and give them a king of Hebrew blood to reign over them. These wonderful miracles, when published abroad, raised the people on tiptoe to crown Him King of the Jews. In that case the Roman authorities would have killed Him before He had completed the work He Came to do.
Hence, in order to prevent His own coronation, and the sudden outbreak of a terrible, bloody war, which would have interrupted His ministry and expedited His death, He found it necessary to avoid the multitude. These intervals, which He spent off in the desert in communion with His Father, were wonderful times of refreshing to His spirit, and invigoration for the arduous work and terrible ordeals which awaited him.
Fuente: William Godbey’s Commentary on the New Testament
13:2 {1} 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.
(1) Christ shows in putting forth this parable of the sower, that the seed of life which is sown in the world does not do as well in one as in another, and the reason for this is that men for the most part, either do not receive it, or do not permit it to ripen.