Verse | Translation | Text |
Mt 14:26 | Strong Concordance | And [2532] when the disciples [3101] saw [1492] him [846] walking [4043] on [1909] the sea [2281], they were troubled [5015], saying [3004] [3754], It is [2076] a spirit [5326]; and [2532] they cried out [2896] for [575] fear [5401]. |
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. |
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. |