24 [a]And the ship was now in the midst of the sea, and was tossed with waves: for it was a contrary wind.

25 And in the [b]fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

26 And when his disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a [c]spirit, and cried out for fear.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:24 We must sail even through mighty tempests, and Christ will never forsake us, so that we go whither he hath commanded us.
  2. Matthew 14:25 By the fourth watch is meant the time near to day breaking: for in old time they divided the night into four watches, in which they scouted.
  3. Matthew 14:26 A spirit, as it is here taken, is that which a man imagineth to himself vainly in his mind, persuading himself that he seeth something, and seeth nothing.

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