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Luke 5:1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 On one occasion when the crowd was pressing in on him and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gen·nesʹa·ret.*+

Luke 5:1

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 5 ᾿Εγένετο It occurred δὲ but ἐν in τῷ the [time] τὸν the ὄχλον crowd ἐπικεῖσθαι to be lying upon αὐτῷ him καὶ and ἀκούειν to be hearing τὸν the λόγον word τοῦ of the θεοῦ God καὶ and αὐτὸς he ἦν was ἑστὼς having stood παρὰ beside τὴν the λίμνην lake Γεννησαρέτ, Gennesaret,

Luke 5:1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 On an occasion when the crowd was pressing close upon him and listening to the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Gen·nesʹa·ret.+

Luke 5:1

The Bible in Living English
- 5 And while the crowd was pressing upon him and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the edge of the Lake of Gennesaret

Luke 5:1

American Standard Version
- 5 Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

Luke 5:1

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 And it came to pass while the multitude was pressing upon him and was hearing the word of God that he was standing near the lake of Gennesaret;

Luke 5:1

King James Version
- 5 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

Luke Study Notes—Chapter 5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 5:1
  
  the lake of Gennesaret: Another name for the Sea of Galilee, a freshwater inland lake in northern Israel. (Mt 4:18) It has also been called the Sea of Chinnereth (Nu 34:11) and the Sea of Tiberias. (See study note on Joh 6:1.) It lies on average 210 m (700 ft) below sea level. It is 21 km (13 mi) long from N to S and 12 km (8 mi) wide from E to W, and its greatest depth is about 48 m (160 ft). Gennesaret is the name of a small plain bordering the NW shore of the lake. Some scholars believe that Gennesaret is probably the Greek form for the early Hebrew name Chinnereth.—See study note on Mt 14:34 and App. A7, Map 3B, “Activity at the Sea of Galilee.”