Matthew 14:26 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 14:26

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.

BSB

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ASV

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.

KJV

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 26.) And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying: It is a ghost. If, according to Marcion and Manichaeus, our Lord was not born of a Virgin, but appeared in a vision: how is it that now the apostles fear seeing a vision? And they cried out due to fear. The confused shout and uncertain voice is a sign of great fear.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

It is a spirit - That the spirits of the dead might and did appear, was a doctrine held by the greatest and holiest of men that ever existed; and a doctrine which the caviliers, free-thinkers and bound-thinkers, of different ages, have never been able to disprove.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The history contained in these verses is one of singular interest. The miracle here recorded brings out in strong light the character both of Christ and his people. The power and mercy of the Lord Jesus, and the mixture of faith and unbelief in his best disciples, are beautifully illustrated. We learn in the first place, from this miracle what absolute dominion our Saviour has over all created things. We see him “walking on the sea,” as if it was dry land.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 957: “Jesus No Phantom” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1870)

SOME of the richest comforts are lost to us for want of clear perception. What consolation could be greater to the tempest-tossed disciples than to know their Master was present, and to see Him manifestly revealed as Lord of sea as well as land? Yet because they did not discern Him clearly, they missed the incomparable consolation. What is worse, at times the dimness of our perception will even turn the rarest consolation into the source of fear.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Οἱ	Hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	and	G1161 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	the disciples	G3101 →
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 →
ἐταράχθησαν	etarachthēsan	they were troubled	G5015 →
λέγοντες	legontes	saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
φάντασμά	phantasma	A ghost	G5326 →
ἐστιν,	estin	it is!	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἀπὸ	apo	in	G575 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
φόβου	phobou	fear	G5401 →
ἔκραξαν.	ekraxan	they cried out.	G2896 →

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
Luke 24:45
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
leads to
- Acts 16:14
  Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
- 1 John 5:20
  And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
- Psalms 119:18
  Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
- 2 Corinthians 3:14–18
  But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
Through
Revelation 1:17
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,
leads to
- Isaiah 44:6
  Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Revelation 22:13
  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
- Daniel 10:8–10
  So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew