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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. Our Lord Jesus had just wrought the miracle of feeding the five...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When Jesus therefore perceived,.... As being the omniscient God, who knew their hearts, and the secret thoughts and purposes of them; or, as man, understood by their words and gestures: that they would come and take him by force, and make him a king; that they had "determined", as the Arabic version renders it; or "had it in their mind", as the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, and entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. Then it was very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, To make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. What, could ‘he not have used his kingship for the best of purposes? Might he not easily have routed the Romans, restored Israel to all her glory, conquered the Gentiles, and subdued the world, and set up...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when even was [now] come,.... The last of the evenings, when night was coming on; for the first of the evenings took place before they sat down to eat, when the above miracle was wrought; see Matthew 14:15. His disciples went down unto the sea; of Galilee, or Tiberias, to the sea side; and this was by the order, and even constraint of Christ,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was dark, and Jesus was not come to them. That is a sentence that I should think some very gloomy people might hang upon, and about which they might groan in unison, “It was now dark, and Jesus was not come to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, and entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea and drawing...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And entered into a ship,.... In which they came, and was waiting for them; or into another: and went over the sea towards Capernaum; steered their course from Bethsaida, where they took shipping over the sea of Galilee; at least over one part of it, a creek or bay of it, as they intended, towards the city of Capernaum, which lay over against...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sea arose,.... Swelled, and was tumultuous and raging; the waves mounted up, and tossed the ship to and fro: by reason of a great wind that blew; which agitated the waters of the sea, and lifted up the waves; which storm seems to have arose after they had set sail, and were got into the midst of the sea.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. Do you wonder that they were filled with fear? It seemed so strange a sight,-a man walking on the waves of the sea.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. Misfortunes never come alone. An absent Saviour, a roaring sea, and a bellowing wind. What will they do now?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So when they had rowed,.... For the wind being contrary, they could not make use of their sails, but betook themselves to their oars, and by that means got about five and twenty, or thirty furlongs; which were three or four miles, or little more than a league; no further had they got, though they had been rowing from the time it was dark, to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus— Here he is. Here is the first of their blessings. The first mischief is removed, and the rest will soon go. They see Jesus. Joh_6:19. Walking on the sea, Oh, what a sight! A grander sight than to see him on the land; and it is a more glorious sight to see Christ in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But he saith to them, it is I, be not afraid. [See comments on Matthew 14:27].
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. Then they must have felt at ease at once as soon as they knew that it was Jesus who was walking towards them upon the water. Lord, if it be thou, fear would be foolish on our part; we are only too glad to have thy company.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then they willingly received him into the ship,.... When they knew who he was; and especially he was the more welcome, as they were in distress; and he able, as they well knew, to help them: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went; which was done, as Nonnus observes, by a divine motion; for not only the wind ceased, but another...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went. No sooner was Jesus with them than they were where they wanted to be. The presence of Christ works wonders for us, we are soon at our haven when the Lord of heaven comes to us.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went. The sea and the winds knew how not only to spare the vessel, but to carry it instantaneously to the place where they wished to be. But how often have you and I been rowing about, five-and-twenty or thirty furlongs, and we did not seem to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The day following,.... The day after that, in which the miracle of feeding live thousand men with five loaves and two fishes was done: the morning after the disciples had had such a bad voyage: when the people which stood on the other side of the sea; from that in which the disciples now were, being landed at Capernaum; that is, they stood on that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they...