Matthew 14:26

Modern

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.

Traditional

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

Literal

And the disciples, having seen Him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.

Latin

Et videntes eum super mare ambulantem, turbati sunt, dicentes: Quia phantasma est. Et præ timore clamaverunt.

Greek

English

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.

Jesus showed his power over nature, giving the disciples a chance to trust him as the Son of God (Mathhew 14:33; see also 8:23–27; Psalm 8:6; Hebrews 2:8–9).

Revelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
Luke 1:11–12
Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
Mark 6:49–50
…but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—
Daniel 10:6–12
His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
Luke 24:37
But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.
Job 4:14–16
…fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
Luke 24:45
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
Acts 12:15
“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
1 Samuel 28:12–14
But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”
Luke 24:5
As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?