11 Bible Verses about Sitting To Teach

"The scribes and Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses;

So when he saw the crowds, he went up the hill and sat down; his disciples came up to him

Then Jesus removed from that country and went along the sea of Galilee; he went up the hillside and sat there.

That same day Jesus went out of the house and seated himself by the seaside;

but, as great crowds gathered to him, he entered a boat and sat down, while all the crowd stood on the beach.

Once more he proceeded to teach by the seaside, and a crowd gathered round him greater than ever, so he entered a boat on the sea and sat down, while all the crowd stayed on shore.

Then, folding up the book, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him,

At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me.

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

So he entered one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to push out a little from the land. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

Early in the morning he returned to the temple, the people all came to him, and he sat down and taught them.