Matthew 14:26
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
KJV
ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι φάντασμά ἐστιν, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν.
Greek NT
Et videntes eum super mare ambulantem, turbati sunt, dicentes : Quia phantasma est. Et præ timore clamaverunt.
Vulgate
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.
ASV
And they seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- τῆς θαλάσσης — SBLGNT
- τῆς θαλάσσης — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὴν θάλασσαν — Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 28:12 — And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
- Acts 12:15 — And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
- Dan 10:6 — His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words lik
- Job 4:14 — Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
- Luke 1:11 — And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
- Luke 24:37 — But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
- Luke 24:37 — But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
- Luke 24:45 — Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
- Mark 6:49 — But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
- Mark 16:6 — And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
- Rev 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: