Mark 4:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Once again, Jesus began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, while the whole crowd was on the shore by the water.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν: καὶ συνήχθη πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πολύς, ὥστε αὐτὸν ἐμβάντα εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ· καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦν.

Transliteration

And palin he ērxato didaskein para the thalassan: and synēchthē pros him ochlos polys, hōste him embanta into the ploion, kathēsthai in the thalassē; and all the ochlos pros the thalassan epi the gēs ēn.

Grammar Details

• *palin*: adverb - again
• *ērxato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - began
• *didaskein*: present active infinitive - to teach
• *para*: preposition + accusative - beside/along
• *thalassan*: accusative, feminine, singular - sea
• *synēchthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was gathered
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *ochlos*: nominative, masculine, singular - crowd
• *polys*: nominative, masculine, singular - great/many
• *hōste*: conjunction - so that
• *embanta*: aorist active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - having entered
• *ploion*: accusative, neuter, singular - boat
• *kathēsthai*: present middle infinitive - to sit
• *thalassē*: dative, feminine, singular - sea
• *epi*: preposition + genitive - on/upon
• *gēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - land/earth
• *ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was

Word Meanings

• *para*: alongside/beside/near
• *synēchthē*: was gathered/assembled/came together
• *ochlos*: crowd/multitude/throng
• *hōste*: so that/with the result that
• *kathēsthai*: to sit/be seated

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he began again to teach by the seaside, and a great multitude gathered around him, so that he entered a ship and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land by the sea.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he began agayne to teache by the seesyde. And there gadered to gedder vnto him moche people so greatly yt he entred into a ship and sate in the see and all the people was by the seeside on the shoore.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he begane agayne to teach by ye seeside. And there gathered moch people vnto him, so that he wente in to a shippe, and sat vpon the water. And all the people stode vpon the londe by the see syde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And hee began againe to teache by the sea side, and there gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that hee entred into a shippe, and sate in the sea, and all the people was by the sea side on the land.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he began agayne to teache by the sea syde: And ther gathered vnto hym much people, so greatly, that he entred into a shippe, and sate in the sea: and all the people was by the sea syde on the shore:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Parable of the Sower Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 2:13 : 13 And again, Jesus went out beside the sea, and the crowd came to him, and he was teaching them.
• Luke 5:1-3 : 1 One day, as the crowd was pressing in on Him to hear the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. 2 He saw two boats moored by the lake. The fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to push it out a little from the shore. Then He sat down and began teaching the crowds from the boat.
• Luke 8:4-9 : 4 When a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Him from every city, He spoke in a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was stepped on, and the birds of the sky devoured it. 6 Other seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew up, it withered because it had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times what was sown. As He said this, He cried out, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear." 9 Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?" 10 And He said, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to others, I speak in parables so that, ‘Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
• Mark 3:7 : 7 Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed Him from Galilee and Judea.
• Matt 13:1-9 : 1 On that day, Jesus left the house and sat by the sea. 2 Large crowds gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat down. Meanwhile, the entire crowd stood on the shore. 3 Then he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where there was not much soil. They sprouted quickly because the soil was not deep. 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and since they had no roots, they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, which grew up and choked them. 8 Still other seeds fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some one hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown. 9 Let anyone who has ears listen. 10 Then the disciples approached him and asked, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" 11 Jesus replied, "The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but not to them. 12 For whoever has, more will be given to them, and they will have abundance. But whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken away from them. 13 That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.' 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.