Matthew 14:26
When we disciples saw someone walking on the water, we thought that we must be seeing a ghost. We were terrified, and we screamed out because we were afraid.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
27Immediately Jesus said to us, “Cheer up! It is I. Do not be afraid!”
Cross References
Job 4:14It caused me to be afraid and tremble; it caused all my bones to shake.
Mark 6:49They saw him walking on the water, but they thought that he was a ghost. They screamed
Luke 24:5The women were frightened. As they prostrated themselves on the ground, the two men said to them, “◄You should not be seeking someone who is alive in a place where they bury dead people!/Why are you seeking in a place where they bury dead people someone who is alive?► [RHQ]
Luke 24:45Then he enabled them to understand the things that had been written about him in the Scriptures.
Revelation 1:17When I saw him, I fell down at his feet and was unable to move or speak [SIM], as though I were dead. But he put his right hand on me and said to me, “Don’t be afraid! I am the one who created all things and the one who will cause all things to end.
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 →