Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Matthew 14:32
Verse 32. The wind ceased.] Jesus is the Prince of peace, and all is peace and calm where he condescends to enter and abide.
Verse 32. The wind ceased.] Jesus is the Prince of peace, and all is peace and calm where he condescends to enter and abide.
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE SHIP THE WIND CEASED - Here was a new proof of the power of Jesus. He that has power over winds and waves has all power. John adds John 6:21 that the ship was immediat...
2. JOHN'S MARTYRDOM. The Fourfold Attitude of the Rejected King. CHAPTER 14 1. John's Martyrdom. (Matthew 14:1 .) 2. The Disciples of John with the Lord Jesus. (Matthew 14:12 .) 3. Feeding the Five...
JESUS WALKS ON THE SEA (Mark 6:45 *). Mt. omits to Bethsaida, seeing that the boat arrived at Gennesaret (Matthew 14:34), and the remark that Jesus would have passed by them. But he amplifies the stor...
THE TRAGIC DRAMA OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Matthew 14:1-12)...
Peter got down from the boat and walked on the water to come to Jesus. But, when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and, when he began to sink below the water, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" Immediately...
The Disciples cross from the Scene of the Miracle to Bethsaida Mark 6:45-52; John 6:15-21 St Matthew alone narrates St Peter's endeavour to walk on the sea....
ἘΚΌΠΑΣΕΝ. κοπάζειν, properly to be weary or fatigued (κόπτω, κόπος), then to rest from weariness or suffering, used of a sick man Hipp. p. 1207, (so κόπος, of the pain of disease, Soph. _Phil._ 880,)...
THE DISCIPLES CROSS FROM THE SCENE OF THE MIRACLE TO BETHSAIDA Mark 6:45-52; John 6:15-21 St Matthew alone narrates St Peter’s endeavour to walk on the sea....
Ver 22. And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23. And when he had sent the multitudes away, h...
_THE DISCIPLES WERE TOSSED AND JESUS CARED MATTHEW 14:22-33:_ Jesus sent the disciples to the other side of the sea. This time alone allowed Him a time of prayer. "And when he had sent the multitudes...
ΆΝΑΒΆΝΤΩΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G25) взбираться, подниматься на борт. _Gen. abs._ ΈΚΌΠΑΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ КОΠΆΖΩ (G2869) останавливаться, прекращать, отдыхать....
Section 34 JESUS FEEDS THE 5000 AND WALKS UPON THE WAVES (Parallels: Mark 6:30-52; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-21) TEXT: 14:13-33 13 Now when Jesus heard _it,_ he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a des...
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. For the exposition, see the notes at John 6:15....
32 Peter here symbolizes the sovereignty of Israel over the turbulent gentiles in the time to come. They are made afraid by the spiritual power of evil, typified by the wind. Peter's cry will be their...
DEATH OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1, 2. Herod's opinion of Jesus (Mark 6:14; Luke 9:7)....
THE WALKING ON THE SEA (Mark 6:45; John 6:15). Another physical miracle, also belonging to the oldest tradition. As it is attested by actual eyewitnesses, it cannot be resolved into a legend or allego...
INTO THE SHIP] Not inconsistent with St. John's statement, 'they were willing to receive him into the ship.' They were willing and did so....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 14 JOHN THE *BAPTIST DIES 14:1-12 V1 At that time, the ruler called Herod heard reports about Jesus. V2 So he spoke to his servants....
THE WIND CEASED. — St. Mark adds that “they were above measure astonished” at the sudden lull. For the most part these mountain squalls died away gradually, and left the waves rough. Here the wind cea...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν : Jesus and Peter. ἐκόπασεν : used in narrative of first sea-anecdote by Mark 4:39 = exhausted itself (from κόπος)....
_Peter-episode_, peculiar to Mt. The story is true to the character of Peter....
_The return voyage_ (Mark 6:45-56)...
HELP IN THE HOUR OF NEED Matthew 14:22-36 _Jesus always comes in the storm._ It had been a great relief to escape from the pressure of the crowd to His place of prayer, on heights swept by the eveni...
The presence and activity of the true King filled the false ruler with alarm. Herod sacrificed John to his lust. Once Herod had heard John, and the remembrance of former conviction was still with him,...
_And when they were come up into the boat. St. Mark (vi. 51.) tells us, Christ went up with St. Peter into the boat. Nor is this denied by St. John (vi. 21.) when he says, They were willing therefore...
JESUS WALKS UPON THE WATER Matthew 14:22-36; Mark 6:45-56; & John 6:15-21. Mark: “And immediately He constrained His disciples to go into the ship, and to proceed before Him to the other side, toward...
"But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. (25) And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. (26) And when the disci...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Our Gospel resumes the historical course of these revelations, but in such a manner as to exhibit the spirit by which the people were animated. Herod (loving his earthly power and his own glory more t...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE SHIP,.... Christ and Peter. The Arabic and Persic versions, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel read, "when he ascended", or "was come into the ship"; but there is no doubt bu...
And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Ver. 32. _The wind ceased_] As if it had been weary of blowing so big, and now desired rest after hard labour; as the word here used importeth....
_When they were come into the ship, the wind ceased_ And that so suddenly that all in the ship were sensible it was the effect of Christ's presence and power. He seems, also, according to John 6:21, t...
The ship with the disciples in it, tossed all night by the waves, and detained by contrary winds, is an apt emblem of the church of Christ in the dark days of reproach and persecution. But the Saviour...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE SHIP, THE WIND CEASED....
The effect of the miracle:...
Now authority in high places is seen to reject Him too, by the deliberate rejection of His forerunner and servant John the Baptist. When King Herod hears of His fame, his conscience is troubled, feari...
22-33 Those are not Christ's followers who cannot enjoy being alone with God and their own hearts. It is good, upon special occasions, and when we find our hearts enlarged, to continue long in secret...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 14:33"....
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh He immediately annexes a parable of this in "the trees which are tenderly sprouting into a flower-stalk, and then developing the flower, which is the precu...
Matthew 14:32 And G2532 they G846 got G1684 (G5631) into G1519 boat G4143 wind G417 ceased G2869 ...
‘And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased.” Then together they went up to the boat and clambered in, at which point ‘the wind ceased'. Once Jesus was with them in the boat all the pr...
JESUS DEMONSTRATES HIS MASTERY OF THE SEA AND IS RECOGNISED AS ‘THE SON OF GOD' (14:22-33). This is the second consecutive miracle in which Jesus take the initiative in order to demonstrate to the di...
Matthew 14:32. AND WHEN THEY WERE GONE UP INTO THE BOAT. John (John 6:21) speaks of the boat being immediately ‘at the land whither they went' This was on the western side of the lake, and we may eith...
CONNECTION. Immediately after the miraculous feeding, the people wished to proclaim Jesus a king and were ready to take violent steps for that purpose (John 6:14-15). The disciples were probably ready...
CEASED (εκοπασεν). From κοπος, toil. The wind grew weary or tired, exhausted itself in the presence of its Master (cf. Mark 4:39). Not a mere coincidence that the wind ceased now....
Matthew 14:13. _When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by a ship into a desert place apart:_ It is well for us to get alone with God when he takes home the best and most faithful of his servants....
Matthew 14:22. _And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away._ Straightway is a business word: Jesus...
Matthew 14:14. _And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick._ Different persons take different views of multitudes, according...
CONTENTS: Herod's troubled conscience and the murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the water. CHARACTERS: Jesus, John the Baptist, Herod, Herodias, and her daughter, disciples. CO...
Matthew 14:2. _This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead._ Mark indicates that Herod was a sadducee by those words of Christ, Beware of the leaven of the sadducees beware of the leaven of He...
AND THE WIND DIED DOWN. They were safe the Lord of wind and wave was with them! (Psalms 107:29)...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 14:28 THE SON OF GOD. This is the only time in Matthew 1:1 that the disciples use this full title to address Jesus....
JESUS WALKS ON WATER MATTHEW 14:22-33; MARK 6:45-52; JOHN 6:16-21; MATTHEW 14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples
CHAPTER 14 The first eleven verses of this chapter relate to the decollation of John the Baptist, of which I have spoken at length on the sixth chapter of S. Mark. _His Body_ : Syriac, _sclado_, i.e....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 14:22. CONSTRAINED HIS DISCIPLES.—Perhaps they, too, were carried away by the frenzy of the time, and would have joined the people in proclaiming Him King (John 6:15); or perh...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 14:1 CHRIST'S POWER TO SUPPLY AND PROTECT AND HEAL, PREFACED BY A STATEMENT OF HEROD'S RELATION T
And at that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus. And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he's risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in...
John 6:21; Mark 4:41; Mark 6:51; Psalms 107:29; Psalms 107:30...
Ceased [ε κ ο π α σ ε ν]. A beautiful word. Lit., grew weary; sank away like one who is weary....
THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT Matthew 14:22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter this study, we are particularly struck with the words: "Jesus constrained His disciples to get into a ship." What is the d...