49But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
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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.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. …
Commentary
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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