Luke Chapter 5, Verse 3
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3: εμβας δε εις εν των πλοιων ο ην του σιμωνος ηρωτησεν αυτον απο της γης επαναγαγειν ολιγον και καθισας εδιδασκεν εκ του πλοιου τους οχλους
3: And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and
prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land.
And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
3: And going into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him to
draw back a little from the land. And sitting, he taught the multitudes
out of the ship.
Which was Simon's. Simon Peter's.
Prayed him. Asked him.
He sat down. This was the common posture of Jewish teachers. They seldom or never spoke to the people standing. Comp. Mt 5:1. It may be somewhat difficult to conceive why Jesus should go into a boat and put off from the shore in order to speak to the multitude; but it is probable that this was a small bay or cove, and that when he was in the boat, the people on the shore stood round him in the form of an amphitheatre. It is not improbable that the lake was still; that scarcely a breeze passed over it; that all was silence on the shore, and that there was nothing to disturb his voice. In such a situation he could be heard by multitudes; and no spectacle could be more sublime than that of the Son of God -- the Redeemer of the world -- thus speaking from the bosom of a placid lake -- the emblem of the peaceful influence of his own doctrines -- to the poor, the ignorant, and the attentive multitudes assembled on the shore. Oh how much more effect may we suppose the gospel would have in such circumstances, than when pro- claimed among the proud, the gay, the honoured, even when assembled in the most splendid edifice that wealth and art could finish!
