Jesus Walks on Water
Matthew 14:26
In 9 translations
- BSB
- When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.
- KJV
- And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
- WEB
- When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.
- ASV
- And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.
- LSV
- and the disciples having seen Him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, “It is an apparition,” and from the fear they cried out;
- YLT
- and the disciples having seen him walking upon the sea, were troubled saying — 'It is an apparition,' and from the fear they cried out;
- DBY
- And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.
- DRC
- And they seeing him walk upon the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear.
- GNV
- And when his disciples sawe him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit, and cried out for feare.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read δὲ (“and”); Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read καὶ (“and”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τῆς (“the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τὴν (“the”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read θαλάσσης (“sea”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read θάλασσαν (“sea”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place Οἱ elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place μαθηταὶ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ.
- SBLGNT: τῆς θαλάσσης. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τῆς θαλάσσης; Robinson–Pierpont read τὴν θάλασσαν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι Φάντασμά ἐστιν, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν, λέγοντες ὅτι Φάντασμά ἐστιν· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν, λέγοντες ὅτι Φάντασμά ἐστι· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν.
- SCR1894
- και ιδοντες αυτον οι μαθηται επι την θαλασσαν περιπατουντα εταραχθησαν λεγοντες οτι φαντασμα εστιν και απο του φοβου εκραξαν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Mark 6:49–50but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost— for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
- Luke 1:11–12Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
- Daniel 10:6–12His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude. Only I, Daniel, saw…
- 1 Samuel 28:12–14But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!” “Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the…
- Luke 24:45Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- Luke 24:37But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.
- Acts 12:15“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
- 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,…
- Luke 24:5As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
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