Jesus Walks on Water
Mark 6:49
In 9 translations
- BSB
- but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—
- KJV
- But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
- WEB
- but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
- ASV
- but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
- LSV
- And they having seen Him walking on the sea, thought [it] to be an apparition, and cried out,
- YLT
- And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought [it] to be an apparition, and cried out,
- DBY
- But they, seeing him walking on the sea, thought that it was an apparition, and cried out.
- DRC
- But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.
- GNV
- And when they saw him walking vpon the sea, they supposed it had bene a spirit, and cried out.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἐστιν (“[it] is”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read εἶναι (“to be”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place περιπατοῦντα elsewhere in this verse.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort include ὅτι (“that”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read περιπατοῦντα ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης.
- SBLGNT: ὅτι φάντασμά ἐστιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὅτι φάντασμά ἐστιν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read φάντασμα εἶναι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἔδοξαν ὅτι φάντασμά ἐστιν καὶ ἀνέκραξαν,
- RP2018
- Οἱ δέ, ἰδόντες αὐτὸν περιπατοῦντα ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης, ἔδοξαν φάντασμα εἶναι, καὶ ἀνέκραξαν·
- TR-Boyd
- Οἱ δέ, ἰδόντες αὐτὸν περιπατοῦντα ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης, ἔδοξαν φάντασμα εἶναι, καὶ ἀνέκραξαν·
- SCR1894
- οι δε ιδοντες αυτον περιπατουντα επι της θαλασσης εδοξαν φαντασμα ειναι και ανεκραξαν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 14:25–26During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.
- Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- Luke 24:37But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.
- Job 4:14–16fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder. Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled. It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes,…
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