“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.”
He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat — the commandeering of Simon's boat as a floating pulpit is the first interaction between Jesus and the man who will become his chief disciple. Jesus asks (ērōtēsen, requested) rather than commands — Simon's compliance with the request is his first act of responsiveness to Jesus. Teaching from the boat on the water gives Jesus both the distance to address the crowd and the acoustic advantage of the water's surface.
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