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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:32

The wind ceased - Jesus is the Prince of peace, and all is peace and calm where he condescends to enter and abide. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:33

Thou art the Son of God - It is probable that these words were spoken either by the sailors or passengers, and not by the disciples. Critics have remarked that, when this phrase is used to denominate the Messiah, both the articles are used, ἑ υιος του Θεου , and that the words without the articles mean, in the common Jewish phrase, a Divine person. It would have been a strange thing indeed, if the disciples, after all the miracles they had seen Jesus work - after their having left all to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:34

The land of Gennesaret - It was from this country that the sea or lake of Gennesaret had its name. In this district, on the western side of the lake, were the cities of Capernaum and Tiberias. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:35

The men of that place had knowledge of him - i.e. They knew him again. They had already seen his miracles; and now they collect all the diseased people they can find, that he may have the same opportunity of showing forth his marvellous power, and they of being the instruments of relieving their friends and neighbors. They brought unto him all that were diseased - And Jesus received and healed every man and woman of them. And is not the soul, in the sight of God, of more value than the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:36

That they might only touch the hem of his garment - What mighty influence must the grace and Spirit of Christ have in the soul, when even the border or hem of his garment produced such wonders in the bodies of those who touched it! Here is a man who has turned from sin to God through Christ, and the healing hand of Jesus is laid upon him. Then, no wonder that he knows and feels his sins forgiven, his soul purified, and his heart filled with the fullness of his Maker. Lord, increase our... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:22

Verse 22 Matthew 14:22.And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples They must have been constrained; for they would never, of their own accord, have left him, and gone to the other side. Now in this they testify their great veneration for him, when, contrary to their own opinions, they yield to his command and obey it. And, indeed, it had an appearance of absurdity, that he should remain alone in a desert place, when night was approaching. But so much the greater commendation is due to the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:23

Verse 23 23.He went up into a mountain alone. It is probable that the Son of God, who was fully aware of the tempest that was coming on, did not neglect the safety of his disciples in his prayers; and yet we naturally wonder that he did not rather prevent the danger than employ himself in prayer. But in discharging all the parts of his office as Mediator, he showed himself to be God and man, and exhibited proofs of both natures, as opportunities occurred. Though he had all things at his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:24

Verse 24 24.The ship was now in the midst of the sea. The reader will find this narrative expounded by me at the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, and therefore I shall treat it more briefly here. When Christ permitted his disciples to be tossed about in a perilous condition, for a time, by an opposing storm, it was to fix their attention more powerfully on the assistance which he brought to them. For the adverse wind arose about midnight, or at least a little before it, and Christ appears about... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:27

Verse 27 27.But immediately Jesus spake to them. As Christ is not known to be a Deliverer till he actually makes his appearance, he speaks, and desires his disciples to recognize him. That confidence, to which he exhorts them, is represented by him as founded on his presence; plainly implying that, since they perceive him to be present with them, there are abundant grounds of hope. But as terror had already overpowered their minds, he corrects that terror, lest it should hinder or abate their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:28

Verse 28 28.And Peter answering. The condition which he lays down shows that his faith was not yet fully settled. If it is thou, says he, bid me come to thee on the water. But he had heard Christ speak. Why then does he still argue with himself under doubt and perplexity? While his faith is so small and weak, a wish not well considered bursts into a flame. He ought rather to have judged of himself according to his capacity, and to have supplicated from Christ an increase of faith, that by its... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:34

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:36

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:28

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