47And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
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And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 45-56)This passage of story we had Matt. 14:22; only what was there related concerning Peter, is omitted here. Here we have, I. The dispersing of the assembly; Christ constrained his disciples to go before by ship to Bethsaida, intending to follow them, as they supposed, by land. The people were loth to scatter, so that it cost him some time and pains to send them away. For now that they had got a good…
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