11 Bible Verses about Sitting To Teach

"The scribes and Pharisees have taken Moses' seat as teachers.

When He saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain. After He had taken His seat, His disciples came up to Him.

Then Jesus left there and went to the shore of the sea of Galilee. Then He went up the hill and kept sitting there,

That same day Jesus went out of His house and was sitting on the seashore.

And the crowds that gathered about Him were so great that He got into a boat and remained sitting in it, while all the crowd stood on the seashore.

Then He began again to teach by the seashore. And a crowd gathered around Him so great that He got into a boat and was sitting in it, just off the shore, while all the people were on the land close to the sea.

Then He rolled up the roll and gave it back to the attendant and took His seat. Now the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were gazing at Him.

At that time Jesus said to the crowds: "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber? Day after day I used to sit teaching in the temple, and you never laid hands on me.

So He sat down and called the Twelve to Him and said, "If anyone wants to be the first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all."

So He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then He sat down and continued to teach the crowds from the boat.

Early the next morning, He had come into the temple again, and all the people were gathering around Him. Having sat down, He began to teach them.