John 6:19
After we had rowed ◄three or four miles/five or six kilometers►, we saw Jesus coming near the boat; he was walking on the water! So we were terrified!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
18A strong wind started to blow and caused the water ◄to become very rough/to have high waves►.
20But he said to us, “Do not be afraid! It is I!”
Cross References
Job 9:8He alone ◄stretched out/put in place► the sky; he alone puts his feet on the waves (OR, on the huge sea monster).
Psalms 93:4but you are greater than the roar of those oceans, more powerful than the ocean waves! You are Yahweh, the one who is greater than any other god!
Jonah 1:13But the sailors did not want to do that. Instead, they tried hard to row the ship back to the land. But they could not do that, because the storm continued to get worse.
Mark 6:47When it was evening, the disciples’ boat was in the middle of the lake and Jesus was by himself on the land.
Luke 24:36As they were saying that, Jesus himself suddenly appeared among them. He said to them, “ May God give you inner peace!”
John 14:18When I leave you, I will not let you be alone/helpless [MET]. When I send the Spirit, it will be like I am coming back to you (OR, When I rise from the dead, I will come back to you.)
Matthew Henry on John 6:16-22
Christ Walks on the Water. 15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. 16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, 17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. 18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. 19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the… Read the whole commentary →