48And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
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And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
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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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