Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV
then, setting His feet on the sea,[183]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI
Only, the disciples were not able to go before Jesus to the other side; but, when they had got as far as the middle of the sea, and the boat was distressed "because the wind was contrary to them,"[45]
MATTHEW 14:24 stadi,ouj pollou.j avpo. th/j gh/j avpei/cen {C} The question is whether Matthew was here assimilated by copyists to John (stadi,ouj ei;kosi pe,nte h' tria,konta, John 6:19) or to Mar...
Verse Matthew 14:24. _TOSSED WITH WAVES_] _Grievously agitated_. This is the proper meaning of the word βασανιζομενον: but one MS. reads βαπτιζομενον, _plunged_ under the waves, frequently covered wit...
BUT THE SHIP WAS NOW IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA - John says they had sailed about 25 or 30 furlongs. About 7 1/2 Jewish furlongs made a mile; so that the distance they had salted was not more than about...
2. JOHN'S MARTYRDOM. The Fourfold Attitude of the Rejected King. CHAPTER 14 1. John's Martyrdom. (Matthew 14:1 .) 2. The Disciples of John with the Lord Jesus. (Matthew 14:12 .) 3. Feeding the Five...
JESUS WALKS ON THE SEA (Mark 6:45 *). Mt. omits to Bethsaida, seeing that the boat arrived at Gennesaret (Matthew 14:34), and the remark that Jesus would have passed by them. But he amplifies the stor...
THE TRAGIC DRAMA OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Matthew 14:1-12)...
Immediately he compelled his disciples to embark in the boat and to go on ahead to the other side, until he should send away the crowds. When he had sent away the crowds, he went up into a mountain by...
WITH. by. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. WAVES. the waves....
_tossed with waves_ The expression in the original is forcible, "tortured by the waves," writhing in throes of agony, as it were. These sudden storms are very characteristic of the Lake of Gennesaret....
The Disciples cross from the Scene of the Miracle to Bethsaida Mark 6:45-52; John 6:15-21 St Matthew alone narrates St Peter's endeavour to walk on the sea....
ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΌΜΕΝΟΝ. The expression is forcible, ‘tortured by the waves,’ writhing in throes of agony, as it were. These sudden storms are very characteristic of the Lake of Gennesaret....
THE DISCIPLES CROSS FROM THE SCENE OF THE MIRACLE TO BETHSAIDA Mark 6:45-52; John 6:15-21 St Matthew alone narrates St Peter’s endeavour to walk on the sea....
Ver 22. And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23. And when he had sent the multitudes away, h...
_THE DISCIPLES WERE TOSSED AND JESUS CARED MATTHEW 14:22-33:_ Jesus sent the disciples to the other side of the sea. This time alone allowed Him a time of prayer. "And when he had sent the multitudes...
ΣΤΑΔΊΟΥΣ _асс. pl. от_ ΣΤΆΔΙΟ Ν (G4712) стадия, около 200 метров (Filson; EBC, 1:611; ABD, 6:901). _acc._ места. О проблемах, связанных с этим текстом, _см._ ТС, 37; DA. ΆΠΕΊΧΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_...
THE SHIP WAS NOW IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA— The disciples, having met with a contrary wind, could not keep their course to Bethsaida, which was situated north-wards, about a league or two from the deser...
Section 34 JESUS FEEDS THE 5000 AND WALKS UPON THE WAVES (Parallels: Mark 6:30-52; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-21) TEXT: 14:13-33 13 Now when Jesus heard _it,_ he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a des...
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. For the exposition, see the notes at John 6:15....
3 See Lev_18:1620:21. 6-12 Compare Mar_6:21-29. 13-15 Compare Mar_6:30-36; Luk_9:10-12 Joh_6:1-7. 13 Herod's insistence that the Lord was John the baptist was not very reassuring, for He was almost...
DEATH OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1, 2. Herod's opinion of Jesus (Mark 6:14; Luke 9:7)....
THE WALKING ON THE SEA (Mark 6:45; John 6:15). Another physical miracle, also belonging to the oldest tradition. As it is attested by actual eyewitnesses, it cannot be resolved into a legend or allego...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 14 JOHN THE *BAPTIST DIES 14:1-12 V1 At that time, the ruler called Herod heard reports about Jesus. V2 So he spoke to his servants....
TOSSED WITH WAVES. — Literally, _vexed,_ or _tormented. _...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
_The return voyage_ (Mark 6:45-56)...
μέσον, an adjective agreeing with πλοῖον (Winer, § 54, 6), signifies not merely in the middle strictly, but any appreciable distance from shore. Pricaeus gives examples of such use. But the reading of...
HELP IN THE HOUR OF NEED Matthew 14:22-36 _Jesus always comes in the storm._ It had been a great relief to escape from the pressure of the crowd to His place of prayer, on heights swept by the eveni...
The presence and activity of the true King filled the false ruler with alarm. Herod sacrificed John to his lust. Once Herod had heard John, and the remembrance of former conviction was still with him,...
(3) But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. (3) We must sail even through mighty tempests, and Christ will never forsake us, so that we can go wher...
JESUS WALKS UPON THE WATER Matthew 14:22-36; Mark 6:45-56; & John 6:15-21. Mark: “And immediately He constrained His disciples to go into the ship, and to proceed before Him to the other side, toward...
"But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. (25) And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. (26) And when the disci...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
24._The ship was now in the midst of the sea. _The reader will find this narrative expounded by me at the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, and therefore I shall treat it more briefly here. When Christ...
Our Gospel resumes the historical course of these revelations, but in such a manner as to exhibit the spirit by which the people were animated. Herod (loving his earthly power and his own glory more t...
BUT THE SHIP WAS NOW IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA,.... That is, the ship in which the disciples were put into, to go on the other side, had by this time got into the midst of the sea: the Syriac and Persic...
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. Ver. 24. _Tossed with waves_] So is the Church often therefore styled, "O thou afflicted and tossed with te...
Mat. 14:24-27. "But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the...
Mat. 14:24, 25. "But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea." This which...
_But the ship_ In which the disciples were; _was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves_, &c. A striking emblem of his church, in the sea of this world, tossed, as it often is, on the waves of...
The distress of the disciples: BUT THE SHIP WAS NOW IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA, TOSSED WITH WAVES; FOR THE WIND WAS CONTRARY. While Jesus remained behind on the shore to pray, the boat had gradually trav...
Now authority in high places is seen to reject Him too, by the deliberate rejection of His forerunner and servant John the Baptist. When King Herod hears of His fame, his conscience is troubled, feari...
22-33 Those are not Christ's followers who cannot enjoy being alone with God and their own hearts. It is good, upon special occasions, and when we find our hearts enlarged, to continue long in secret...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 14:27"....
Matthew 14:24 But G1161 boat G4143 was G2258 (G5713) now G2235 middle G3319 sea G2281 tossed G928 ...
‘But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.' Note the close interconnection between Jesus being in the mountain praying alone, and the boat bein...
JESUS DEMONSTRATES HIS MASTERY OF THE SEA AND IS RECOGNISED AS ‘THE SON OF GOD' (14:22-33). This is the second consecutive miracle in which Jesus take the initiative in order to demonstrate to the di...
CONNECTION. Immediately after the miraculous feeding, the people wished to proclaim Jesus a king and were ready to take violent steps for that purpose (John 6:14-15). The disciples were probably ready...
Matthew 14:24. BUT THE BOAT WAS ALREADY IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA. When Jesus came to them, they were ‘about twenty-five or thirty furlongs' from shore (John 6:19), _i.e.,_ about the middle of the lake....
DISTRESSED (βασανιζομενον). Like a man with demons (Matthew 8:29). One can see, as Jesus did (Mark 6:48), the boat bobbing up and down in the choppy sea....
Matthew 14:24 I. Very evidently the first thing here suggested is that the way of duty is not always easy. In saying that I do not allude to the inner difficulties which we have frequently to overcome...
Matthew 14:22. _And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away._ Straightway is a business word: Jesus...
Matthew 14:14. _And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick._ Different persons take different views of multitudes, according...
Matthew 14:13. _When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by a ship into a desert place apart:_ It is well for us to get alone with God when he takes home the best and most faithful of his servants....
CONTENTS: Herod's troubled conscience and the murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the water. CHARACTERS: Jesus, John the Baptist, Herod, Herodias, and her daughter, disciples. CO...
Matthew 14:2. _This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead._ Mark indicates that Herod was a sadducee by those words of Christ, Beware of the leaven of the sadducees beware of the leaven of He...
THE BOAT WAS FAR OUT IN THE LAKE. About three or four miles from where they started. The fury of the wind was whipping up waves (Mark 6:48)....
_For the wind was contrary._ THE WIND WAS CONTRARY The Sea of Galilee lies low, being, in fact, six hundred feet beneath the level of the Mediterranean, and the water-courses on its banks have cut ou...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 14:24 LONG WAY FROM THE LAND. The disciples are probably about 3 miles (4.8 km) out into the lake (see John 6:19), which would have been 4–5 miles (6.4–8
JESUS WALKS ON WATER MATTHEW 14:22-33; MARK 6:45-52; JOHN 6:16-21; MATTHEW 14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples
CHAPTER 14 The first eleven verses of this chapter relate to the decollation of John the Baptist, of which I have spoken at length on the sixth chapter of S. Mark. _His Body_ : Syriac, _sclado_, i.e....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 14:22. CONSTRAINED HIS DISCIPLES.—Perhaps they, too, were carried away by the frenzy of the time, and would have joined the people in proclaiming Him King (John 6:15); or perh...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 14:1 CHRIST'S POWER TO SUPPLY AND PROTECT AND HEAL, PREFACED BY A STATEMENT OF HEROD'S RELATION T
And at that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus. And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he's risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in...
Isaiah 54:11; John 6:18; Mark 6:48; Matthew 8:24...
Tossed [β α σ α ν ι ζ ο μ ε ν ο ν]. Rev., better, distressed. See on Matthew 4:24....
THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT Matthew 14:22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter this study, we are particularly struck with the words: "Jesus constrained His disciples to get into a ship." What is the d...
In the evening — Learned men say the Jews reckoned two evenings; the first beginning at three in the afternoon, the second, at sunset. If so, the latter is meant here....
Note here, the great danger the disciples were in, and the great difficulties they had to encounter with; they were in THE MIDST OF THE SEA, they were TOSSED WITH THE WAVES, THE WIND WAS CONTRARY, and...