Matthew Chapter 14 verse 30 Holy Bible
But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
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But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.
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But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
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But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
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But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
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but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, `Sir, save me.'
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Matthew 14 : 30 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - But when he saw the wind boysterous (ἰσχυρόν is clearly a gloss, and therefore omitted by the Revised Version). He was afraid; and beginning to sink. The natural tendency to sink, which he had had all the time, was counteracted before by his faith, which enabled him to receive Christ's power. But now that his doubt made him incapable of receiving this, he sank (cf. Meyer). He cried (ἔκραξεν), saying, Lord, save me (Matthew 8:25). Aphraates ('Homilies,' vide Resch, 'Agrapha,' p. 380) quotes an apocryphal saying of our Lord's, "Doubt not; lest ye are engulfed in the world, as Simon; for he doubled, and began to sink in the sea."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) When he saw the wind boisterous.--The adjective is wanting in the best MSS.He was afraid.--In the conflict between sight and faith, faith was worsted, and with that came fear. The supernatural strength left him, and the swimmer's art would not now avail, and so the waters were closing over him, and he cried out in his agony. And then the gracious pity of his Lord helped the "little faith" with the firm sustaining grasp, not, indeed, without a word of loving reproof, and yet as unwilling even here to quench the smoking flax.