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Selected Verse: Mark 6:49 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Mr 6:49 |
King James |
But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out--"for fear" (Mat 14:26). He would appear to them at first like a dark moving speck upon the waters; then as a human figure; but in the dark tempestuous sky, and not dreaming that it could be their Lord, they take it for a spirit. Compare Luk 24:37. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They supposed it had been a spirit - That is, by whom the storm had been raised. |
37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.