{And all the multitude stood on the beach} (kai pas ho
ochlos epi ton aigialon hist(886b)ei). Past perfect tense of
hist(886d)i with imperfect sense, had taken a stand and so stood.
Note accusative also with epi upon the beach where the waves
break one after the other (aigialos is from hals, sea, and
agnumi, to break, or from aiss(935c), to rush). Jesus had to get
into a boat and sit down in that because of the crush of the
crowd.