19So 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. …
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. …
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-21)Here is, I. Christ’s retirement from the multitude. 1. Observe what induced him to retire; because he perceived that those who acknowledged him to be that prophet that should come into the world would come, and take him by force, to make him a king , John 6:15. Now here we have an instance, (1.) Of the irregular zeal of some of Christ’s followers; nothing would serve but they would make him a king…
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