Mark - 6:53



53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 6:53.

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And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Genezareth, and set to the shore.
And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and made the shore.
And having passed over, they came upon the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore,
Having crossed over they drew to land in Gennesaret and came to anchor.
And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.
And when they had crossed over, they arrived in the land of Genesaret, and they reached the shore.
When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret, and moored the boat.

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Historical Commentaries

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The land of Gennesaret - This country lay on the coast of the sea of Galilee: it is described by Josephus as being exceedingly pleasant and fertile. It had its name of Gennesaret from גן, gen, a garden, and סר sar, a prince, either because the king had a garden there, or because of its great fertility.

And when they had passed over,.... The lake of Gennesaret, or sea of "Galilee",
they came into the land of Gennesaret; See Gill on Matthew 14:34; to Capernaum, as appears from John 6:17 for Capernaum was in the land of Gennesaret; to which agrees what Josephus says, that the land of Gennesaret was watered with a very excellent spring, which the inhabitants of that place called Capernaum (h):
and drew to the shore: this is omitted in the Syriac and Persic versions: and the Arabic reads, "and they cast anchors".
(h) De Bello Jude. l. 3. c. 35.

And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret--from which the lake sometimes takes its name, stretching along its western shore. Capernaum was their landing-place (John 6:24-25).
and drew to the shore--a nautical phrase, nowhere else used in the New Testament.

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