38 Bible Verses about Boats
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he went therefore aboard one of the vessels, which was Simon's, and desired him to bear away a little from land. then he sat down, and preached to the people from the ship.
The day following, the people who stay'd on the other side of the sea, perceiving that there had been only that single vessel in which his disciples were embark'd, that Jesus did not embark with his disciples, but that his disciples were gone away alone: (however, there came other barks from Tiberias, nigh the place where they had eaten bread, after the Lord had given thanks.)
but the crew under pretext of dropping their anchors to moor, had hoisted out the boat; designing to make off:
when Simon Peter said to them, I am going a fishing. they reply'd, we likewise will go with you. so they departed and went on board a vessel,; but that night they caught nothing.
and there was so great a croud of people got about him, that he was oblig'd to go into a bark, where he sat, while the people all stood on the shore.
then they readily received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they were bound.
when falling into the confluence of two currents, they ran the ship a-ground: where the fore-castle stuck fast and would not give, but her stern was shatter'd by the violence of the waves.
Going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in a bark with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and Jesus having called them,
when he had gone a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the bark mending their nets. whereupon he called them:
and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the people he had hired, and went after him.
wherefore, to avoid the inconveniences of the crowd, he order'd his disciples to get a small vessel ready to attend him.
He began again to teach by the sea-side: but there was so great a crowd gathered about him, that he was oblig'd to go into a ship, where he sat down, and stay'd on board while the people stood on the shore.
Soon after he and his disciples embark'd, and arrived in the district of Dalmanutha.
The same day Jesus went on board a vessel with his disciples, and said to them, let us pass over to the other side of the lake: and so they put off to sea.
then dismissing the multitude, he embark'd, and came to the coast of Magada.
when they had dismiss'd the people, the bark he was in, set sail, in company with other small barks.
as he was embarking, the late demoniack desired, that he might be with Jesus.
When Jesus had repassed in the vessel to the other side, a crowd of people gathered about him, while he was nigh the sea.
then the Gadarenes of the adjacent parts unanimously desired him to leave their country: for they were greatly allarm'd. so he embark'd to cross over the lake.
and as soon as he was got aboard, the wind ceased; which still encreas'd their astonishment and admiration:
Presently after Jesus obliged his disciples to embark, and cross over to the other side before him, whilst he dismiss'd the people.
Soon after Jesus obliged his disciples to embark for Bethsaida, on the opposite shore, while he was dismissing the people.
they cross'd the sea to Capernaum: now when it was dark, Jesus was not come to them:
When Jesus heard that, he embark'd, to retire privately to a desert place: of which the people being inform'd, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
The day following, the people who stay'd on the other side of the sea, perceiving that there had been only that single vessel in which his disciples were embark'd, that Jesus did not embark with his disciples, but that his disciples were gone away alone: (however,
at length a violent storm ensued, and the waves beat into the ship, that it began to fill,
and as soon as Jesus was come out of the ship, he met a demoniack, who came from among the tombs, where he haunted,
It was now late in the evening, and the bark in full sea, when Jesus, who was ashore all alone,
then having brought their boats to shore, they left every thing, and followed him.
there came other barks from Tiberias, nigh the place where they had eaten bread, after the Lord had given thanks.)
the people likewise seeing that Jesus was not in those barks, nor his disciples, went on board them, and cross'd to Capernaum in quest of Jesus.
