Mark 6:49 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 6:49

but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—

BSB

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ASV

but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

KJV

But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:

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Commentary

1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark (1107)

But notice also another circumstance, namely that before ending the danger, He casts them into even greater fear; for when they saw Him, they cried out in fright, thinking it was a ghost. Then the Lord immediately encourages them with His voice, saying: "Do not …

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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)

The event first recorded in these verses, is a beautiful emblem of the position of all believers, between the first and second advents of Jesus Christ. Like the disciples, we are now tossed to and fro by storms, and do not enjoy the visible presence of our Lord. Like the disciples, we shall see our Lord face to face again, though it may be a time of great extremity, when He returns. Like the disciples, we shall see all things changed for the better, when our Master comes to us. We shall no longer be buffeted by storms.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out--"for fear" (Mt 14:26). He would appear to them at first like a dark moving speck upon the waters; then as a human figure; but in the dark tempestuous sky, and not dreaming that it could be their Lord, they take it for a spirit.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Οἱ	Hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
ἰδόντες	idontes	having seen	G1492 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
θαλάσσης	thalassēs	sea	G2281 →
περιπατοῦντα	peripatounta	walking	G4043 →
ἔδοξαν	edoxan	they thought	G1380 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
φάντασμά	phantasma	a ghost	G5326 →
ἐστιν,	estin	[it] is,	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνέκραξαν·	anekraxan	cried out;	G349 →

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

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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
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,
- 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.
- Job 37:18
  can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
- Zechariah 12:1
  This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man…
Through
Luke 24:37
But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.
leads to
- Matthew 14:26–27
  When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.
- Mark 6:49–50
  but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—
- 1 Samuel 28:13
  “Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Mark

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Mark