Matthew 8:18
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
KJV
Ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς πολλοὺς ὄχλους περὶ αὐτὸν ἐκέλευσεν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὸ πέραν.
Greek NT
Videns autem Jesus turbas multas circum se, jussit ire trans fretum.
Vulgate
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
ASV
And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κελεύω
keleuo
verb · 26×
πέραν
peran
adverb · 23×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: πολλοὺς ὄχλους | Treg/RP: πολλοὺς ὄχλους | WH/NIV: ὄχλον
- πολλοὺς ὄχλους — SBLGNT
- πολλοὺς ὄχλους — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- ὄχλον — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. When the evening had come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils: and He cast out the spirits from them with a word, and healed all that were sick: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet Esaias, that He took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. Do you see the multitude, by this time growing in faith? For not even when the time pr…
Cross-references
- John 6:15 — When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
- Luke 4:42 — And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
- Luke 8:22 — Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
- Luke 8:22 — Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
- Mark 4:35 — And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
- Mark 4:35 — And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
- Matt 8:1 — When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
- Matt 9:1 — And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.