And (1) it came to pass, that, as the people (a) pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
(1) Christ reveals to the four disciples whom he had taken unto himself the office of the apostleship, which would be committed unto them in the future.
(a) Did as it were lie upon him, so desirous were they both to see him and hear him, and therefore he taught them out of a ship.