11 Bible Verses about Sitting To Teach

"The Scribes," He said, "and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.

Seeing the multitude of people, Jesus went up the Hill. There He seated Himself, and when His disciples came to Him,

Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.

That same day Jesus had left the house and was sitting on the shore of the Lake,

when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him. He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all the people stood on the shore.

Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.

And rolling up the book, He returned it to the attendant, and sat down--to speak. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me.

Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

and going on board one of them, which was Simon's He asked him to push out a little from land. Then He sat down and taught the crowd of people from the boat.

At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;