Matthew 8:23

And when he embarked into the sirah, Moshiachʼs talmidim followed him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

In Context

22But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to him, Follow me, and permit the mesim (spiritually dead ones without hitkhadshut, spiritually unregenerate ones) to bury their own mesim (deceased ones, niftarim).

24And hinei! a great storm came up on the lake, so that the sirah (boat) was about to be covered by the waves. But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was sleeping.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:1And, having embarked into a sirah (boat), Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach crossed over + 9:1 to the other side of the lake and came into his own shtetl.

Luke 7:22And in reply he said to them, Go and tell Yochanan what you have seen. + 7:22 as edei reiyah, eyewitnesses IVRIM TIRENAH, pisechim (lame persons) walk, the metzorim are cleansed, and chereshim hear, the mesim are restored to life, ANIYIM have the Besuras HaGeulah preached to them. + 7:22 Isa 29:18,19; 35:5,6; 61:1,2

Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:19-23

Christ's Answer to a Scribe and Another. 18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me;… Read the whole commentary →

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