Matthew 8:23

Then he got into the boat, and his disciples followed him.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

24And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But Jesus was asleep.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:1After getting into the boat, Jesus went back across the sea and came to his own city.

Luke 7:22So Jesus replied to John's disciples, “Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news preached to them.

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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