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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.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θάλασσα
thalassa
noun · 91×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
ταράσσω
tarasso
verb · 17×
φάντασμα
phantasma
noun · 2×
φόβος
phobos
noun · 48×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν | WH/NIV: οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν | Treg/RP: καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ
  • οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸνSBLGNT
  • οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τῆς θαλάσσης | WH/Treg/NIV: τῆς θαλάσσης | RP: τὴν θάλασσαν
  • τῆς θαλάσσηςSBLGNT
  • τῆς θαλάσσηςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὴν θάλασσανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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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: