Numbers 34:11

34:11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth. ¹ 

Joshua 12:3

12:3 His kingdom included ²  the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth ³  to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), ⁴  including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

Matthew 4:18

The Call of the Disciples

4:18 As ⁵  he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). ⁶ 

Matthew 15:29

Healing Many Others

15:29 When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

Luke 5:1

The Call of the Disciples

5:1 Now ⁷  Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, ⁸  and the crowd was pressing around him ⁹  to hear the word of God.

[34:11]  ¹ tn Or “the Sea of Galilee” (so NLT); NCV, TEV, CEV “Lake Galilee.”

[12:3]  ² tn The words “his kingdom included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:3]  ³ sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.

[12:3]  ⁴ sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.

[4:18]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[4:18]  ⁶ tn The two phrases in this verse placed in parentheses are explanatory comments by the author, parenthetical in nature.

[5:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “Now it happened that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[5:1]  ⁸ sn The Lake of Gennesaret is another name for the Sea of Galilee. Cf. the parallel in Matt 4:18.

[5:1]  ⁹ sn The image of the crowd pressing around him suggests the people leaning forward to catch Jesus’ every word.