but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
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but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
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When they sawe him walkinge apon the see they supposed it had bene a sprete and cryed oute:
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And when they saw him walking vpon the sea, they supposed it had bene a spirit, and cried out.
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Passages linked to Mark 6:49 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 9:8 He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
- Matthew 14:25-26 In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.
- Luke 24:37 But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
- Job 4:14-16 fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake. Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 49 But when they saw him walking upon the…
49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
Ver. 49. A spirit] Gr. a phantom, or apparition, φαντασμα.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For they all saw him, and were troubled,.... Had…
For they all saw him, and were troubled,.... Had it been only seen by one, it might have been thought a fancy, and the effect of mere imagination; but as every one saw it, it was out of all doubt that so it was, and which gave them the greater concern:
and immediately he talked with them; as soon as they saw him, "that very moment", as the Syriac renders it; that so by hearing his voice their fears might be allayed:
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and saith unto them, be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid; See Gill on Mat 14:27.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 49. They supposed it had been a spirit]…
Verse 49. They supposed it had been a spirit] That is, by whom the storm had been raised.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 49. a spirit] An unsubstantial appearance. So they thought…
49. a spirit] An unsubstantial appearance. So they thought on the evening of the world’s first Easter Day, when they saw Him after His resurrection. See Luk_24:36-37. Wyclif translates it “they gessiden him for to be a fantum;” Tyndale and Cranmer “a sprete;” the Rhemish “a ghost.”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:49-50 The disciples’ terror is understandable—humans cannot walk on…
6:49-50 The disciples’ terror is understandable—humans cannot walk on water, so they concluded that they were seeing a ghost. As in many divine manifestations, the Lord gave a word of assurance: Don’t be afraid and Take courage! The reason is, I am here! It was not a ghost but Jesus—their friend, Savior, and Lord. • I am here!: Because Jesus’ walking on the sea and stilling the storm were miraculous, Mark’s original readers would have understood the exclamation I am as a parallel to God’s self-description in the Old Testament (Exod 3:14; Deut 32:39; Isa 41:4; 43:10-13) and thus as a reference to Jesus’ divinity.
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