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Good News Translation

Matthew 9:1

Jesus got into the boat and went back across the lake to his own town,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Capernaum;   Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Capernaum;   Gadara;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Capernaum;   Ship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Galilee, Sea of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Capernaum;   Galilee;   Jesus Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Diseases;   Taxes;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mss;   Text of the New Testament;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Capernaum;   Cures;   Impotence;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Nazarene;   Paralysis;   Physician (2);   Reproach (2);   Sea of Galilee;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Capernaum ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Capernaum;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Handicraft;   Kingdom of christ of heaven;   Kingdom of god;   Kingdom of heaven;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Caper'naum;   Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Capernaum;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 16;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he got into a boat, crossed over, and came to his own town.
King James Version (1611)
And hee entred into a ship, and passed ouer, and came into his owne citie.
King James Version
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
English Standard Version
And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
New American Standard Bible
Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the Sea of Galilee and came to His own city.
New Century Version
Jesus got into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.
Amplified Bible
And Jesus, getting into a boat, crossed over the Sea of Galilee and came to [Capernaum] His own city.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then hee entred into a shippe, and passed ouer, and came into his owne citie.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city.
Legacy Standard Bible
And getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city.
Berean Standard Bible
Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus got into a boat and crossed back over to the town where he lived.
Complete Jewish Bible
So he stepped into a boat, crossed the lake again and came to his own town.
Darby Translation
And going on board the ship, he passed over and came to his own city.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus got into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.
George Lamsa Translation
SO he went up into the boat, and crossed over and came to his own city.
Lexham English Bible
And getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own town.
Literal Translation
And entering into the boat, He passed over and came to His own city.
American Standard Version
And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
Bible in Basic English
And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.
Hebrew Names Version
He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
International Standard Version
After getting into a boat, Jesushe">[fn] crossed to the other side and came to his own city.Matthew 4:13;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he ascended (into) the ship, and went over, and came to his city.
Murdock Translation
And he entered the ship, and passed over and came to his own city.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he entred into a shippe, & passed ouer, & came into his owne citie.
English Revised Version
And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
World English Bible
He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And going into the vessel, he passed over, and came to his own city.
Weymouth's New Testament
Accordingly He went on board, and crossing over came to His own town.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus wente vp in to a boot, and passide ouer the watir, and cam in to his citee.
Update Bible Version
And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he entered into a boat, and passed over, and came into his own city.
New English Translation
After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.
New King James Version
Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26">[xr] So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city.
New Living Translation
Jesus climbed into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.
New Life Bible
Jesus got into a boat. He crossed over to the other side and came into His own city.
New Revised Standard
And after getting into a boat he crossed the sea and came to his own town.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, entering into a boat, he crossed over, and came into his own city.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city.
Revised Standard Version
And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then he entred in to a shippe and passed over and came in to his awne cite.
Young's Literal Translation
And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then entred he into a shipp, and passed ouer and came into his awne cite.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Being imbark'd, he pass'd over, and came to his own town,
THE MESSAGE
Back in the boat, Jesus and the disciples recrossed the sea to Jesus' hometown. They were hardly out of the boat when some men carried a paraplegic on a stretcher and set him down in front of them. Jesus, impressed by their bold belief, said to the paraplegic, "Cheer up, son. I forgive your sins." Some religion scholars whispered, "Why, that's blasphemy!"
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus got in a boat and headed for the town where he was raised.

Contextual Overview

1 Jesus got into the boat and went back across the lake to his own town, 2 where some people brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the paralyzed man, "Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven." 3 Then some teachers of the Law said to themselves, "This man is speaking blasphemy!" 4 Jesus perceived what they were thinking, and so he said, "Why are you thinking such evil things? 5 Is it easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, ‘Get up and walk'? 6 I will prove to you, then, that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." So he said to the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your bed, and go home!" 7 The man got up and went home. 8 When the people saw it, they were afraid, and praised God for giving such authority to people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: Matthew 7:6, Matthew 8:18, Matthew 8:23, Mark 5:21, Luke 8:37, Revelation 22:11

his: Matthew 4:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 23:10 - his Matthew 8:5 - entered Mark 2:1 - again Mark 2:3 - bringing Luke 8:40 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 1:22
He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number.
Genesis 2:3
He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working.
Genesis 8:17
Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth."
Genesis 9:3
Now you can eat them, as well as green plants; I give them all to you for food.
Genesis 9:4
The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood.
Genesis 9:7
"You must have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth."
Genesis 9:19
These three sons of Noah were the ancestors of all the people on earth.
Genesis 10:32
All these peoples are the descendants of Noah, nation by nation, according to their different lines of descent. After the flood all the nations of the earth were descended from the sons of Noah.
Genesis 24:60
And they gave Rebecca their blessing in these words: "May you, sister, become the mother of millions! May your descendants conquer the cities of their enemies!"
Psalms 112:1
Praise the Lord ! Happy is the person who honors the Lord , who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he entered into a ship,.... Or "the ship", the selfsame ship he came over in, with his disciples. The Gergesenes, or Gadarenes, or both, having desired him to depart their coasts, showing an unwillingness to receive him, and an uneasiness at his company, he immediately turned his back upon them, as an ungrateful people, being no better than their swine; and who, by their conduct, judged themselves unworthy of his presence, ministry, and miracles: he returned to the sea side, took shipping, and

passed over the sea of Tiberias again,

and came into his own city; not Bethlehem, where he was born, nor Nazareth, as Jerom thought, where he was educated, but Capernaum, as is clear from Mark 2:1 where he much dwelt, frequently conversed, and his disciples: here he paid tribute as an inhabitant, or citizen of the place, which he was entitled to by only dwelling in it twelve months, according to the Jewish canons; where it is asked d,

"how long shall a man be in a city ere he is as the men of the city? It is answered, "twelve months"; but if he purchases a dwelling house, he is as the men of the city immediately;''

that is, he is a citizen, and obliged to all charges and offices, as they are: though they seem to make a distinction between an inhabitant and a citizen e.

"A man is not reckoned כבני העיר, "as the children of the city", or as one of the citizens, in less than twelve months, but he may be called, or accounted, מיושבי העיר, "as one of the inhabitants" of the city, if he stays there thirty days.''

One or other of these Christ had done, which denominated this city to be his, and he to be either an inhabitant, or a citizen of it.

d Misn. Bava Bathra, c. 1. sect. 5. e Gloss. in T. Bab. Sanhedrim, fol. 112. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he entered into a ship ... - Jesus acceded to the request of the people of Gadara Matthew 8:34, recrossed the Lake of Gennesareth, and returned to his own city. By “his own city” is meant Capernaum Mark 2:1, the city which was at that time his home, or where he had his dwelling. See the notes at Matthew 4:13. This same account, with some additional circumstances, is contained in Mark 2:3-12, and Luke 5:18-26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER IX.

Christ heals a paralytic person at Capernaum, 1-8.

Calls Matthew, 9-10.

Eats with publicans and sinners, at which the Pharisees are

offended, and he vindicates his conduct, 11, 12.

The disciples of John come to him and inquire about fasting,

14-17.

A ruler requests him to heal his daughter, 18, 19.

On his road to the ruler's house, he heals a diseased woman,

20-22.

Arriving at the ruler's house, he restores the young woman to

life, 23-26.

Heals two blind men, 27-31.

Casts out a dumb demon, 32-34.

Preaches and works miracles in all the cities and villages, 35.

Is greatly affected at the desolate and dark state of the Jewish

people, 36.

Exhorts his disciples to pray to God to send them proper

instructers, 37, 38.

NOTES ON CHAP. IX.

Verse Matthew 9:1. He came into his own city — Viz. Capernaum, where he seems to have had his common residence at the house of Peter. See Matthew 4:13, and Matthew 8:14. This verse properly belongs to the preceding chapter.


 
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