And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why do you speak unto them in parables?
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AD 420
The question may be raised as to how the disciples came up to Jesus when he was sitting in the boat. Perhaps we should understand by this that they had gotten into the boat with him a short while before and were now standing there asking him to interpret the parable. .