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Matthew 14:13

When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.

KJV

ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν ἐκεῖθεν ἐν πλοίῳ εἰς ἔρημον τόπον κατ’ ἰδίαν· καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ὄχλοι ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ πεζοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων.

Greek NT

Quod cum audisset Jesus, secessit inde in navicula, in locum desertum seorsum : et cum audissent turbæ, secutæ sunt eum pedestres de civitatibus.

Vulgate

Now when Jesus heardit, he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard thereof, they followed him on foot from the cities.

ASV

Which when Jesus had heard, he retired from thence by a boat, into a desert place apart, and the multitudes having heard of it, followed him on foot out of the cities.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
πεζῇ
peze
adjective · 2×
πλοῖον
ploion
noun · 66×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
τόπος
topos
noun · 95×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀναχωρέω
anachoreo
verb · 13×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐκεῖθεν
ekeithen
adverb · 27×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρημος
eremos
adjective · 48×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: Ἀκούσας δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἀκούσας δὲ | RP: Καὶ ἀκούσας
  • Ἀκούσας δὲ — SBLGNT
  • Ἀκούσας δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Καὶ ἀκούσας — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1335The miracles of the multiplication of the loaves, when the Lord says the blessing, breaks and distributes the loaves through his disciples to feed the multitude, prefigure the superabundance of this unique bread of his Eucharist.156 The sign of water turned into wine at Cana already announces the Hour of Jesus' glorification. It makes manifest the fulfillment of the wedding fea…
2. He took therefore the five loaves, and the two fishes, and commanded the multitude, it is said, to sit down upon the grass, and looking up to Heaven, He blessed, and broke, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat and were filled, and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about…
1. A great virtue is boldness and freedom of speech, and the making all things second in importance to the confessing of Christ; so great and admirable, that the Only-begotten Son of God proclaims such an one in the presence of the Father. Luke 12:8 Yet the recompense is more than just, for you confess upon earth, He in heaven, thou in the presence of men, He before the Father …
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

Cross-references

  • John 6:1 — After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
  • John 6:1 — After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
  • Luke 4:40 — Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
  • Luke 9:10 — And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
  • Luke 9:10 — And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
  • Mark 6:30 — And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
  • Mark 6:31 — And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
  • Matt 12:15 — But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
  • Matt 14:1 — At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,