When therefore they had rowed (εληλακοτες ουν). Perfect active participle of ελαυνω, old verb to march (Xenophon), to drive ([Refe…

Five and twenty or thirty furlongs—that is, about half their voyage. Josephus describes the lake as forty furlongs wide (Wars…

And when evening was now come, his disciples went down to the sea, and entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was …

The Venerable Bede: The crowd, concluding from such a great miracle that He was merciful and powerful, wanted to make Him a kin…

The disciples were still a considerable distance from the shore at Capernaum (cf. Mark 6:47). As they looked back, they were terrified t…

They were terrified. The other Evangelists explain that the cause of that fear was that they thought that it was an apparition ([…

So when they had rowed For the wind being contrary, they could not make use of their sails, but betook themselves to their oars, an…

Here were Christ's disciples in the way of duty, and Christ was praying for them; yet they were in distress. There may be perils and afflictions of…

1. Previously, the Evangelist told us about the miracle of the loaves and fishes. Now he shows the threefold effect this miracle had on the …