John 6:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.

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  • Mark 6:45 : 45 And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.
  • John 2:12 : 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.
  • John 4:46 : 46 So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.
  • John 6:24-25 : 24 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25 And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here?

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  • 16 When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

  • Mark 6:45-49
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    45 And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.

    46 And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer.

    47 And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

    48 And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

    49 But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

  • John 6:18-25
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    18 The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.

    19 After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

    20 But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.

    21 Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.

    22 The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

    23 Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.

    24 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

    25 And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here?

  • Luke 8:22-24
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    22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

    23 But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

    24 Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

  • Mark 4:35-38
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    35 And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.

    36 And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

    37 And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

    38 And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

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    22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.

    23 And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.

    24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

    25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

    26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

  • Mark 6:53-54
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    53 And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.

    54 And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

  • Mark 6:31-32
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    31 And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

    32 And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

  • 1 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias.

  • Matt 8:23-24
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    23 And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

    24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

  • 51 And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

  • 13 And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.

  • 34 And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.

  • 10 And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.

  • Luke 5:2-3
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    2 And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

    3 And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.

  • 35 And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

  • 32 And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.

  • John 21:3-4
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    3 Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish.

    4 Now very early in the morning Jesus was there by the edge of the sea (though the disciples were not conscious that it was Jesus).

  • 1 And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.

  • 5 And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.

  • 7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

  • 13 Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.

  • 15 And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

  • 21 And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

  • 2 And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.