Mark 6:48 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 6:48

He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,

BSB

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ASV

And seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them, about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking on the sea; and he would have passed by them:

KJV

And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 11.5 (253)

But what is the spiritual nuance of the boat into which Jesus constrained the disciples to enter? Is it perhaps the conflict of temptations and difficulties into which any one is constrained by the Word, and goes unwillingly? The Savior wishes to train by exercise the disciples in this boat which is distressed by the waves and the contrary wind.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

Now the Lord permitted His disciples to be in danger, that they might learn patience; wherefore He did not immediately come to their aid, but allowed them to remain in danger all night, that He might teach them to wait patiently, and not to hope at once for help in tribulations. For there follows, And he saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh unto them walking upon the sea.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The church is often like a ship at sea, tossed with tempests, and not comforted we may have Christ for us, and yet wind and tide against us; but it is a comfort to Christ's disciples in a storm, that their Master is in the heavenly mount, interceding for them. Christ made them a kind visit upon the water.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3128: “Good Cheer From Christ's Real Presence” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1909)

WE have here a word of comfort given to a shipload of Believers who were where their Lord had sent them. They had been unwilling to put out to sea, though it was probably calm enough at the time, but they did not wish to leave the Lord Jesus. He constrained them to go and thus their sailing was not merely under His sanction, but by His express command. They were in their right place and yet they met with a terrible storm.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἰδὼν	idōn	seeing	G1492 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
βασανιζομένους	basanizomenous	straining	G928 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
ἐλαύνειν,	elaunein	rowing,	G1643 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄνεμος	anemos	wind	G417 →
ἐναντίος	enantios	contrary	G1727 →
αὐτοῖς,	autois	to them,	G846 →
περὶ	peri	About	G4012 →
τετάρτην	tetartēn	[the] fourth	G5067 →
φυλακὴν	phulakēn	watch	G5438 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
νυκτὸς	nuktos	night	G3571 →
ἔρχεται	erchetai	He comes	G2064 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
περιπατῶν	peripatōn	walking	G4043 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
θαλάσσης	thalassēs	sea	G2281 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἤθελεν	ēthelen	He was wishing	G2309 →
παρελθεῖν	parelthein	to pass by	G3928 →
αὐτούς.¶	autous	them.	G846 →

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
Psalms 104:3
laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
leads to
- Amos 9:6
  He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is…
- 2 Samuel 22:11
  He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 18:10–11
  He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
- Isaiah 19:1
  This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will…
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,
- Isaiah 40:22
  He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- 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.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark