And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
. He sat in the boat so that He could face all His listeners, and so that all could hear. Then as a fisherman He casts His net from the sea toward those on land.