John Gill Commentary Mark 6:53

"And when they had crossed over, they came to the land unto Gennesaret, and moored to the shore." — Mark 6:53 (ASV)

And when they had passed over
The lake of Gennesaret, or sea of "Galilee",

they came into the land of Gennesaret; (See Gill on Matthew 14:34); to Capernaum, as appears from (John 6:17John 6:24) for Capernaum was in the land of Gennesaret; to which agrees what Josephus says, that the land of Gennesaret was watered with a very excellent spring, which the inhabitants of that place called Capernaum ^F8 :

and drew to the shore :
this is omitted in the Syriac and Persic versions: and the Arabic reads, "and they cast anchors".

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FOOTNOTES:

• F8: De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 35.