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Matthew 14:25
Walking on the water. Having finished his prayer, he now came to them walking on the water! The language is very firm in pointing out that it is the water itself which he walks upon.
Walking on the water. Having finished his prayer, he now came to them walking on the water! The language is very firm in pointing out that it is the water itself which he walks upon.
Verse Matthew 14:25. _THE FOURTH WATCH_] Anciently the Jews divided the night into _three_ watches, consisting of _four_ hours each. The _first_ watch is mentioned, Lamentations 2:19: the _second_, J...
AND IN THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT - The Jews anciently divided the night into three parts of four hours each, usually called watches. The first of these watches is mentioned in Lamentations 2:19, t...
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...
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...
THE TRAGIC DRAMA OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Matthew 14:1-12)...
THE FOURTH WATCH. See App-51....
_in the fourth watch_ i. e. early in the morning. Cp. "Et jam quarta canit venturam buccina lucem," Propert. iv. 4. 63. At this time the Jews had adopted the Greek and Roman custom of four night watch...
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....
14, 22, 25. The subject Ἰησοῦς omitted, insertion due to lectionaries or marginal note. 25. ΤΕΤΆΡΤΗΙ ΔῈ ΦΥΛΑΚΗ͂Ι, i.e. early in the morning. Cp. ‘Et jam quarta canit venturam buccina lucem,’ Propert....
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....
25, 26. The true reading ἐπὶ τὴν θάλ.… ἐπὶ τῆς θαλ. reverses the _textus receptus_. The change of case after ἐπί, and of the order of the participle, is suggestive: περιπ. ἐπὶ τὴν θάλ. ‘walking over t...
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...
ΤΕΤΆΡΤΗ — ΦΥΛΑΚΉ _dat. sing._ четвертая стража, от 3 до 6 часов утра. Римляне делили ночь на четыре стражи по три часа каждая, начиная с § часов вечера (Tasker; Hendriksen). _Dat._, выражающий момент...
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...
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...
THE FOURTH WATCH] This is Roman reckoning. The fourth or last watch was from 3 to 6 a.m. The Jews reckoned only three watches, beginning at 6 p.m....
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)....
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....
IN THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT. — The Jews, since their conquest by Pompeius, had adopted the Roman division of the night into four watches, and this was accordingly between 3 A.M. and 6 A.M., in th...
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)...
τετάρτῃ φυλ. = 3 to 6, in the early morning, πρωῒ. ἐπὶ τ. θ.: the readings in this and the next verse vary between genitive and accusative. The sense is much the same. The evangelist means to represen...
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,...
And in the (c) fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. (c) By the fourth watch is meant the time nearer to day break: for in ancient times they divided the night into four...
And in the fourth watch of the night. The Jews, under the Romans, divided the night, or the time from sunset to sunrise, into four watches, each of them lasting for three hours. And the hours were lon...
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...
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...
AND IN THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT,.... This is said, according to the division of the night into four watches, by the Jews; who o say, that "there are four watches in the night, and four watches i...
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. Ver. 25. _And in the fourth watch, &c._] Then, and not till then. His time is best, whatever we think of it: his help mo...
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...
_And in the fourth watch of the night_ The Jews, as well as the Romans, usually divided the night into four watches of three hours each. The first watch began at six, the second at nine, the third at...
FOURTH WATCH; the Jews had four watches, or periods of the night. The first watch was from six to nine o'clock; the second, from nine to twelve; the third, from twelve to three; and the fourth, from t...
The miracle:...
AND IN THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT, JESUS WENT UNTO THEM, WALKING ON THE SEA....
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"....
Tertullian On Baptism ;[90] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes and here, the Lord Jesus walked with all power upon the waters.[537] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI An...
Matthew 14:25 Now G1161 fourth G5067 watch G5438 night G3571 Jesus G2424 went G565 (G5627) to G4314 them...
‘And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.' The fourth watch of the night was 3:00 am to 6:00 am (The Roman night watch was divided into four). It was daybreak, after...
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...
Matthew 14:25. IN THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT. Between three and six o'clock in the morning. Their danger had lasted nearly all night. Deliverance is often long delayed, but while the Master prayed,...
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...
WALKING UPON THE SEA (περιπατων επ την θαλασσαν). Another nature miracle. Some scholars actually explain it all away by urging that Jesus was only walking along the beach and not on the water, an im...
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 14:13. _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....
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...
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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 14:25 FOURTH WATCH. The Roman military divided the night into four watches of three hours each, from 6:00 P.M. until 6:00 A.M. The fourth watch would have been between 3:00 and...
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...
Job 9:8; John 6:19; Luke 12:38; Mark 6:48; Matthew 24:43;...
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...
The fourth watch — The Jews (as well as the Romans) usually divided the night into four watches, of three hours each. The first watch began at six, the second at nine, the third at twelve, the fourth...
Christ having seen the distress of his disciples on the shore, he hastens to them on the sea. It was not. stormy and tempestuous sea that could separate betwixt him and them: he that waded through. se...