Matthew 14:26
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were alarmed, and said: It is a specter! and they cried out for fear.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
25And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.
27But Jesus immediately spoke to them, and said: Take courage; it is I; be not afraid.
Cross References
Mark 6:49But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a specter, and cried out;
Luke 24:5And while they feared and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them: Why seek you among the dead for him that lives?
Luke 24:45Then he opened their mind, that they might understand the scriptures,
Revelation 1:17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead; and he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not, I am the First and the Last,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:23-34
Jesus Walks to His Disciples on the Sea. 22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the… Read the whole commentary →