John 6:18

But the sea had risen against them, because a great wind blew.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

In Context

17And they sat in a vessel, and went over for Kapher-nachum. And it was dark, and Jeshu had not come to them.

19And they had led stadia twentyfive or thirty, and they saw Jeshu walking upon the sea, and drawing nigh to the vessel; and they feared.

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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 →

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