Seeing them distressed in rowing (ιδων αυτους βασανιζομενους εν τω ελαυνειν). See also Mt 8:29 for the word βασανιζω, to torture, …

And when he had sent them away.—See Notes on Matthew 14:22-33.

Glo a Ordinaria: The Lord indeed showed that He is the Creator of the world by the miracle of the loaves. But now, by walking o…

The time of this incident was “evening,” probably late at night. A boat in the middle of the Lake of Galilee could easily be seen at the time of th…

And he saw them toiling in rowing
He saw them either with his bodily eyes from the mountain on which he was; or he p…

The church is often like a ship at sea, tossed with tempests, and not comforted. We may have Christ for us, yet wind and tide can be again…