Mark 6:53

53 Καὶ διαπεράσαντες ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἦλθον εἰς ⸃ Γεννησαρὲτ καὶ προσωρμίσθησαν.

Mark 6:53 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:53

And when they had passed over
The lake of Gennesaret, or sea of "Galilee",

they came into the land of Gennesaret; (See Gill on Matthew 14:34); to Capernaum, as appears from ( John 6:17 John 6:24 ) for Capernaum was in the land of Gennesaret; to which agrees what Josephus says, that the land of Gennesaret was watered with a very excellent spring, which the inhabitants of that place called Capernaum ^F8:

and drew to the shore:
this is omitted in the Syriac and Persic versions: and the Arabic reads, "and they cast anchors".

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 35.

Mark 6:53 In-Context

51 καὶ ἀνέβη πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, καὶ ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος. καὶ λίαν ἐκ περισσοῦ ⸃ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἐξίσταντο,

52 οὐ γὰρ συνῆκαν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄρτοις, ἀλλ’ ἦν ⸃ αὐτῶν ἡ καρδία πεπωρωμένη.

53 Καὶ διαπεράσαντες ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἦλθον εἰς ⸃ Γεννησαρὲτ καὶ προσωρμίσθησαν.

54 καὶ ἐξελθόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου εὐθὺς ἐπιγνόντες αὐτὸν

55 περιέδραμον ὅλην τὴν χώραν ἐκείνην καὶ ⸃ ἤρξαντο ἐπὶ τοῖς κραβάττοις τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας περιφέρειν ὅπου ἤκουον ὅτι ἐστίν.