Matthew 14:29
And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
KJV
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐλθέ. καὶ καταβὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου Πέτρος περιεπάτησεν ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα καὶ ἦλθεν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν.
Greek NT
At ipse ait : Veni. Et descendens Petrus de navicula, ambulabat super aquam ut veniret ad Jesum.
Vulgate
And he said, Come. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the waters to come to Jesus.
ASV
And he said: Come. And Peter going down out of the boat walked upon the water to come to Jesus.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
πλοῖον
ploion
noun · 66×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὕδωρ
udor
noun · 76×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: πλοίου | WH/Treg: πλοίου | NIV/RP: + ὁ
- πλοίου — SBLGNT
- πλοίου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
- + ὁ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: καὶ ἦλθεν | WH/NIV: καὶ ἦλθεν | Treg/RP: ἐλθεῖν
- καὶ ἦλθεν — SBLGNT
- καὶ ἦλθεν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐλθεῖν — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
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…
2. What then says Peter? "He says, Yea:" and to these indeed he said, that He pays, but to Him he said it not, blushing perhaps to speak to Him of these things. Wherefore that gentle one, well knowing as He did all things, prevented him,"saying, What do you think, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? Of their own sons, or of strangers;" and when he s…
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
- Acts 3:16 — And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
- Luke 17:6 — And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
- Mark 9:23 — Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
- Mark 11:22 — And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
- Matt 21:21 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou
- Phil 4:13 — I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
- Rom 4:19 — And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: