MARK 2.13. What is not written.

 MARK 2.13

THEN JESUS WENT OUT TO THE LAKESHORE AND TAUGHT THE CROWDS THAT WERE COMING TO HIM.

This follows immediately the astonished crowds at the house at Caperneum where Jesus had just healed the paralytic man and caused disapproval with the teachers of the Law.  

The simple word 'then' marks a considerable transition - from an interior space, the house, to the exterior space by the lakeside.  So much is omitted - the time of day, the weather - although the authors of the Gospel usually state when there is a tempest - otherwise we can assume there is sunlight.  

Jesus leaves a crowd, and as his reputation is spreading, another crowd collects.  He was not going to them, he was attracting the crowds.  His Ministry is soft, unspoken, drawing people by attraction and not by publicly declaring his Godhead.  All this points to His humility, the needs of the people, His reputation.  He does not turn anyone away, all are welcome.  

We must imagine the Lakeside at Galilee with its rolling hills, fairly sparce in their vegetation because of the climate - a southern Mediteranean appearance - not the lush hillsides of Northern Europe. We must imagine the limpid sunshine, the blue lake.  It is notable that explicit colour is very rare in the New Testament.  

Finally it does not say if Jesus was teaching as he walked or whether he paused and sat to give his Ministy.