But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
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Gill's Exposition
For they all saw him, and were troubled,.... Had it been only seen by one, it might have been thought a fancy, and the effect of mere imagination; but as every one saw it, it was out of all doubt that…
See this passage explained in the notes at Mat 14:22-36. Mar 6:52 They considered not the miracle of the loaves - They did not remember or call to mind the “power” which Jesus had shown in feeding the…
Adam Clarke
They supposed it had been a spirit - That is, by whom the storm had been raised.
This passage of story we had Mat 14:22, etc., only what was there related concerning Peter, is omitted here. Here we have,
I. The dispersing of the assembly; Christ constrained his disciples to go…
Cambridge Bible
a spirit An unsubstantial appearance. So they thought on the evening of the world's first Easter Day, when they saw Him after His resurrection. See Luk 24:36-37. Wyclif translates it "they gessiden…