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MATTHEW 13:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 13Matt 13:2
“The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.”
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. The departure from the house to the seaside marks the beginning of the Parable Discourse — the third of Jesus' five major discourses in Matthew. The setting communicates the public character of the teaching that follows: the sea of Galilee provides the open-air venue for the crowd that will gather. The sitting posture is the teaching posture of the rabbi.

Church Fathers on Matthew 13:1

When He had rebuked him that told Him of His mother and His brethren, He then did according to their request; He departed out of the house, having first corrected His brethren for their weak desire of vainglory; He then paid the honour due to His mother, as it is said, 'The same day Jesus went forth out of the house, and not down by the sea aide.

Chrysostom · 4th century

By the words, 'The same day,' he sufficiently shews that these things either followed immediately upon what had gone before, or that many things could not have intervened; unless indeed 'day' here after the Scripture manner signifies a period.

Augustine · 4th century · De Cons. Ev., ii, 41

For not only the Lord’s words and actions, but His journeyings also, and the places in which He works His mighty works and preaches, are full of heavenly sacraments.

Rabanus Maurus · 9th century
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