Matthew 14:26
When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
27But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
Cross References
Job 4:14fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
Mark 6:49but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—
Luke 24:5As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Luke 24:45Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. 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 →