And there he was, just as he was

So having left the crowds, they took him into the boat, just as he was.

That’s what it says: they took him into the boat just as he was.

Well, just how was he?

Well: he was ... just as he was.

What an odd little blurb?!

But it is a little window into the profundity of the Scriptures. Care is taken to make note of the fact that ...

... He was, just as he was:

Without pretense. Without defense. Without apprehension. Without ambition. Without depression, but also without excessive elation. Without title.

Without any of these costumes.

Having left the crowds, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was.

Ah to have the gift of being just as I am in any situation.

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Mark 4.36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. (καὶ ἀφέντες τὸν ὄχλον παραλαμβάνουσιν αὐτὸν ὡς ἦν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ).

Isaiah 53.7 ... like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

Hymn by Charlotte Eliot: Just as I am, without one plea / But that thy blood was shed for me / And that thou bidd’st me come to thee / O Lamb of God, I come, I come.