John 6:19 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:19

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

When therefore they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the boat: and they were afraid.

KJV

So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

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Commentary

1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John (444)

When they are separated by great interval from the land, and it was like that they in their trouble would no way be saved (for they were now in the midst of the sea) then Christ thrice longed for appears to them. For thus could He give most welcome salvation to those in danger, when fear had already cut off all hope of life.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is natural for heavy bodies to sink in water, but Christ walked upon the water as upon dry land, which was more than Moses's dividing the water and walking through the water. (2.) The concern Christ has for his disciples in distress: He drew nigh to the ship; for therefore he walked upon the water, as he rides upon the heavens, for the help of his people, Deut. xxxiii.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Had rowed - Their vessel was a small one only, something of the boat kind: as to sails, if they had any, they could not now venture to carry them, because of the storm. Five and twenty or thirty furlongs - Between three and four miles. The sea of Tiberias, on which they now were, was, according to Josephus, War, book iii. chap. 25, forty furlongs, or five miles in breadth; and one hundred and forty furlongs, or eighteen miles, in length. Pliny, lib. v. chap. 15, makes it about six miles broad, and sixteen long.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1869)

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐληλακότες	elēlakotes	Having rowed	G1643 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ὡς	hōs	about	G5613 →
σταδίους	stadious	stadia	G4712 →
εἴκοσι	eikosi	twenty	G1501 →
πέντε	pente	five	G4002 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
τριάκοντα,	triakonta	thirty,	G5144 →
θεωροῦσιν	theōrousin	they see	G2334 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
περιπατοῦντα	peripatounta	walking	G4043 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
θαλάσσης	thalassēs	sea	G2281 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐγγὺς	engus	near	G1451 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
πλοίου	ploiou	boat	G4143 →
γινόμενον,	ginomenon	coming,	G1096 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐφοβήθησαν.	ephobēthēsan	they were frightened.	G5399 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 14:18
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
leads to
- Psalms 23:4
  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- John 14:3
  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
- Matthew 18:20
  For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
- John 14:27–28
  Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- John 14:16
  And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
Through
Job 9:8
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
leads to
- Isaiah 44:24
  Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Psalms 104:2–3
  He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Through
Psalms 93:4
Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
leads to
- Psalms 65:7
  You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.