Matthew 14:25
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
KJV
τετάρτῃ δὲ φυλακῇ τῆς νυκτὸς ἦλθεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς περιπατῶν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν.
Greek NT
Quarta enim vigilia noctis, venit ad eos ambulans super mare.
Vulgate
And in the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea.
ASV
And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θάλασσα
thalassa
noun · 91×
νύξ
nux
noun · 61×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τέταρτος
tetartos
adjective · 10×
φυλακή
phulake
noun · 46×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἦλθεν | WH/Treg/NA: ἦλθεν | NIV/RP: ἀπῆλθεν
- ἦλθεν — SBLGNT
- ἦλθεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
- ἀπῆλθεν — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτοὺς | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοὺς | RP: + ὁ Ἰησοῦς
- αὐτοὺς — SBLGNT
- αὐτοὺς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ὁ Ἰησοῦς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τὴν θάλασσαν | WH/Treg/NIV: τὴν θάλασσαν | RP: τῆς θαλάσσης
- τὴν θάλασσαν — SBLGNT
- τὴν θάλασσαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τῆς θαλάσσης — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. What then says Peter, everywhere ardent, and ever starting forward before the rest? Lord, if it be Thou, says he, bid me come unto You on the water. Matthew 14:28 He said not, Pray and entreat, but, bid. Do you see how great his ardor, how great his faith? Yet surely he is hereby often in danger, by seeking things beyond his measure. For so here too he required an exceedingl…
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…
Leo teaches that each nature performs what is proper to it in communion with the other. The divine nature performs miracles; the human nature endures suffering. The same Christ who walks on water also weeps at Lazarus's tomb, and the one who weeps is the same one who raises Lazarus with a command. The natures act distinctly but never separately.
Cross-references
- Job 9:8 — Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
- Job 9:8 — Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
- John 6:19 — 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.
- John 6:19 — 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.
- Lam 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint fo
- Luke 12:38 — And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
- Mark 6:48 — 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.
- Mark 6:49 — But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
- Matt 24:43 — But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
- Ps 90:4 — For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
- Ps 93:3 — The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
- Ps 104:3 — Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: