John Gill's Exposition on Mark 6:53

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when they had passed over, etc..] The lake of Gennesaret, or sea of “Galilee”, they came into the land of Gennesaret; (see Gill on “<401434>Matthew 14:34”); to Capernaum, as appears from (<430617>John 6:17,24) for Capernaum was in the land of Gennesaret; to which agrees what Josephus says, that the land of Gennesaret was watered with a very excellent spring, which the inhabitants of that place called Capernaum f128: and drew to the shore: this is omitted in the Syriac and Persic versions: and the Arabic reads, “and they cast anchors”.

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