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,
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
From which ship He taught the multitude, for by the authority of the Church He teaches the Gentiles. But the Lord entering the ship, and asking Peter to put off a little from the land, signifies that we must be moderate in our words to the multitude, that they may be neither taught earthly things, nor from earthly things rush into the depths of the sacraments. Or, the Gospel must first be preached to the neighboring countries of the Gentiles, that (as He afterwards says, Launch out into the deep) He might command itto be preached afterwards to the more distant nations.
