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Selected Verse: John 6:19 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 6:19 |
King James |
So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. |
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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] |
they see Jesus--"about the fourth watch of the night" (Mat 14:25; Mar 6:48), or between three and six in the morning.
walking on the sea--What Job (Job 9:8) celebrates as the distinguishing prerogative of GOD, "WHO ALONE spreadeth out the heavens, and TREADETH UPON THE WAVES OF THE SEA"--What AGUR challenges as GOD'S unapproachable prerogative, to "GATHER THE WIND IN HIS FISTS, and BIND THE WATERS IN A GARMENT" (Pro 30:4) --lo! this is here done in flesh, by "THE SON OF MAN."
drawing nigh to the ship--yet as though He "would have passed by them," Mar 6:48 (compare Luk 24:28; Gen 18:3, Gen 18:5; Gen 32:24-26).
they were afraid--"cried out for fear" (Mat 14:26), "supposing it had been a spirit" (Mar 6:49). 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. (How often thus we miscall our chiefest mercies--not only thinking them distant when they are near, but thinking the best the worst!) |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Had rowed (ἐληλακότες)
Literally, had driven or propelled (the boat).
Five and twenty, etc.
The lake being about forty furlongs, six miles, at its broadest, they had gone only a little more than half-way.
They see (θεωροῦσι)
Rev., behold; with an intent gaze. See on Joh 1:18. Both Luke and John use this word frequently.
Drawing nigh
Literally, becoming nigh. Wyc., to be made next to the boat. Mark adds, He would have passed by them, and Luke that they thought Him a phantom. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Had rowed - Their vessel was a small one only, something of the boat kind: as to sails, if they had any, they could not now venture to carry them, because of the storm.
Five and twenty or thirty furlongs - Between three and four miles. The sea of Tiberias, on which they now were, was, according to Josephus, War, book iii. chap. 25, forty furlongs, or five miles in breadth; and one hundred and forty furlongs, or eighteen miles, in length. Pliny, lib. v. chap. 15, makes it about six miles broad, and sixteen long.
They see Jesus - See the notes on Mat 14:25, etc. |
49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
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.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
48 And 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.
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
48 And 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.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.