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Jesus Walks Across The Raging Sea To His Disciples. They Say, Truly You Are God’s Son

22 And immediately He compelled[a] the disciples to get into the boat and to be going ahead of Him to the other side while[b] He sent-away the crowds. 23 And having sent-away the crowds, He went up on the mountain privately to pray. And having become evening[c], He was there alone. 24 And the boat was already many stades[d] distant from the land, being tormented by the waves. For the wind was contrary.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:22 Jn 6:15 explains why.
  2. Matthew 14:22 Or, until which time.
  3. Matthew 14:23 That is, later on since v 15, between 6 and 9 p.m.
  4. Matthew 14:24 A stade is 607 feet or 185 meters. Compare Jn 6:19.

Jesus Walks on the Water(A)(B)

22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.(C) Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

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