# Connecting Statement:
Jesus is teaching the crowd beside the Sea of Galilee, and he calls Levi to follow him.
# the lake
This is the Sea of Galilee, which is also known as the Lake of Gennesaret.
# the crowd came to him
"the people went where he was"
# Levi son of Alphaeus
Alpheus is Levi's father. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])