Mark 6:50 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 6:50

for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

BSB

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ASV

for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he straightway spake with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.

KJV

For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

On the Gospel of Mark (735)

And immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid." And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. The first aid to those trembling and in danger is to banish fear struck into their …

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The Medieval Church1 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 …

The Nineteenth Century2 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

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πάντες	pantes	All	G3956 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
εἶδον	eidon	saw	G1492 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐταράχθησαν.	etarachthēsan	were troubled.	G5015 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
εὐθὺς	euthus	immediately	G2112 →
ἐλάλησεν	elalēsen	He spoke	G2980 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λέγει	legei	says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
θαρσεῖτε,	tharseite	Take courage!	G2293 →
ἐγώ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
εἰμι,	eimi	am [He],	G1510 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
φοβεῖσθε.	phobeisthe	do fear.	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
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched;…
leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 1:9
  Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Psalms 66:12
  You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
- 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.
- Daniel 3:25–27
  “Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
Through
Matthew 14:27
But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
leads to
- John 16:33
  I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- Acts 23:11
  The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- Revelation 1:17–18
  When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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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