Matthew 8:18
New International Version
When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.

New Living Translation
When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.

English Standard Version
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.

Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.

Berean Literal Bible
And Jesus, having seen a great crowd around Him, gave orders to depart to the other side.

King James Bible
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

New King James Version
And when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave a command to depart to the other side.

New American Standard Bible
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.

NASB 1995
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.

NASB 1977
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.

Amplified Bible
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to cast off for the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

Christian Standard Bible
When Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave the order to go to the other side of the sea.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Jesus saw large crowds around Him, He gave the order to go to the other side of the sea.

American Standard Version
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But when Yeshua saw the great crowds surrounding him, he ordered that they go to the shore.

Contemporary English Version
When Jesus saw the crowd, he went across Lake Galilee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.

English Revised Version
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Now, when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he ordered [his disciples] to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

Good News Translation
When Jesus noticed the crowd around him, he ordered his disciples to go to the other side of the lake.

International Standard Version
When Jesus saw the large crowds around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

Literal Standard Version
And Jesus having seen great multitudes around Him, commanded to depart to the other side;

Majority Standard Bible
When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.

New American Bible
When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side.

NET Bible
Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.

New Revised Standard Version
Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.

New Heart English Bible
Now when Jesus saw large crowds around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side.

Weymouth New Testament
Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions to cross to the other side of the Lake,

World English Bible
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus having seen great multitudes about him, did command to depart to the other side;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Cost of Discipleship
17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.” 18When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea. 19And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”…

Cross References
Mark 4:35
When that evening came, He said to His disciples, "Let us cross to the other side."

Luke 8:22
One day Jesus said to His disciples, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So He got into a boat with them and set out.


Treasury of Scripture

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side.

saw.

Matthew 8:1
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

Mark 1:35-38
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed…

Luke 4:42,43
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them…

unto.

Matthew 14:22
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

Mark 4:35
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

Mark 5:21
And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

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Matthew 8
1. Jesus cleanses the leper;
5. heals the centurion's servant,
14. Peter's mother in law,
16. and many others;
18. shows the cost of following him;
23. stills the storm on the sea;
28. drives the demons out of two men possessed;
31. and tells them to go into the pigs.














(18) To depart unto the other side--i.e., the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Here, too, though less conspicuously than in the other Gospels, there is indicated the yearning for a time of rest and retirement.

Verse 18-ch. 9:8. - 2. Incidents grouped round the thought of the external trials endured by Christ in his work.

(1) No settled home (vers. 19-22).

(2) His exposure to the elements (vers. 23-27).

(3) His rejection by Gadarenes (vers. 28-34). . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[When]
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

saw
Ἰδὼν (Idōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

[a] large
πολλοὺς (pollous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

crowd
ὄχλον (ochlon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.

around
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

Him,
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

He gave orders
ἐκέλευσεν (ekeleusen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2753: To command, order, direct, bid. From a primary kello; 'hail'; to incite by word, i.e. Order.

to cross
ἀπελθεῖν (apelthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

other side.
πέραν (peran)
Adverb
Strong's 4008: Over, on the other side, beyond. Apparently accusative case of an obsolete derivative of peiro; through, i.e. Across.


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