Discovery Box| (0.99972036789298) | (Mat 12:40) |
1 tn Grk “large sea creature.” |
| (0.9433189632107) | (Mat 4:13) |
3 sn By the sea refers to the Sea of Galilee. |
| (0.75685508361204) | (Mat 15:39) |
1 sn Magadan was a place along the Sea of Galilee, the exact location of which is uncertain. |
| (0.7286543812709) | (Mat 8:5) |
1 sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region. |
| (0.7286543812709) | (Mat 11:23) |
1 sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region. |
| (0.7286543812709) | (Mat 14:34) |
1 sn Gennesaret was a fertile plain south of Capernaum (see also Mark 6:53). The Sea of Galilee was also sometimes known as the Sea of Gennesaret (Luke 5:1). |
| (0.7286543812709) | (Mat 18:6) |
3 tn The term translated “open” here (πελάγει, pelagei) refers to the open sea as opposed to a stretch of water near a coastline (BDAG 794 s.v. πέλαγος). A similar English expression would be “the high seas.” |
| (0.69613879598662) | (Mat 14:26) |
2 tn Grk “on the sea”; or “on the lake.” The translation “water” has been used here for stylistic reasons (cf. the same phrase in v. Salt+Sea+AND+book%3A40&tab=notes" ver="">25). |
| (0.68572150501672) | (Mat 4:13) |
2 sn Capernaum was a town located on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region, and it became the hub of operations for Jesus’ Galilean ministry. |
| (0.68572150501672) | (Mat 8:26) |
3 sn Who has authority over the seas and winds is discussed in the OT: Ps 104:3; 135:7; 107:23-30. When Jesus rebuked the winds and the sea he was making a statement about who he was. |
| (0.64278862876254) | (Mat 8:28) |
1 sn The region of the Gadarenes would be in Gentile territory on the southeastern side of the Sea of Galilee across from Galilee. Luke 8:26 and Mark 5:1 record this miracle as occurring “in the region of the Gerasenes.” “Irrespective of how one settles this issue, for the [second and] Third Evangelist the chief concern is that Jesus has crossed over into Gentile territory, ‘opposite Galilee’” (J. B. Green, Luke [NICNT], 337). The region of Gadara extended to the Sea of Galilee and included the town of Sennabris on the southern shore – the town that the herdsmen most likely entered after the drowning of the pigs. |
| (0.63542244147157) | (Mat 2:23) |
1 sn Nazareth was a very small village in the region of Galilee (Galilee lay north of Samaria and Judea). The town was located about 15 mi (25 km) west of the southern edge of the Sea of Galilee. According to Luke 1:26, Mary was living in Nazareth when the birth of Jesus was announced to her. |
