He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him.
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He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him.
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:
And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;
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Consider then how He hid His glory, for He begs for a little ship, lest the crowd should hurt Him, so that entering into it, He might remain unharmed.
But Jesus in us is our reason, which commands that our vessel, that is, our body, should serve Him, lest the troubles of worldly affairs should press upon our reason.
(ubi sup.) For the strangers followed Him, because they saw the works of His powers, and in order to hear the words or His teaching. But the Jews, induced solely by their opinion of His powers, in a vast multitude come to hear Him, and to beg for His aiding health; wherefore there follows, And he spake to his disciples, that they should wait, &c.
Matthew Henry · Verses 6–12
All our sicknesses and calamities spring from the anger of God against our sins. Their removal, or the making them blessings to us, was purchased to us by the blood of Christ. But the plagues and diseases of our souls, of our hearts, are chiefly to be dreaded; and He can heal them also by a word. May more and more press to Christ to be healed of these plagues, and to be delivered from the enemies of their souls.
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