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Verse	Translation	Text
Mt 14:26	King James	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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
They were troubled - They were afraid. The sight was remarkable. It was sufficient to awe them. In the dark night, amid the tumultuous billows appeared the form of a man. They thought it was a spirit an apparition. It was a common belief among the ancients that the spirits of people after death frequently appeared to the living.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

They were troubled - They were afraid. The sight was remarkable. It was sufficient to awe them. In the dark night, amid the tumultuous billows appeared the form of a man. They thought it was a spirit an apparition. It was a common belief among the ancients that the spirits of people after death frequently appeared to the living.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
A spirit (φάντασμα) Of which our word phantasm is a transcription. Rev., rather stiffly, apparition. Wyc., phantom.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

A spirit (φάντασμα)

Of which our word phantasm is a transcription. Rev., rather stiffly, apparition. Wyc., phantom.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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.

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