Mark 6:49

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

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  • Matt 14:25-26 : 25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. 26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.
  • Luke 24:37 : 37 But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.
  • Job 9:8 : 8 By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:
  • Job 4:14-16 : 14 Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble; 15 And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff: 16 Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

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  • Matt 14:24-34
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    24But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

    25And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

    26And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

    27But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

    28And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.

    29And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and walking on the water, went to Jesus.

    30But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

    31And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?

    32And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.

    33And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

    34And when they had gone across, they came to land at Gennesaret.

  • Mark 6:47-48
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    47And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

    48And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

  • Mark 6:50-51
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    50For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

    51And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

  • John 6:16-22
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    16When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

    17And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.

    18The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.

    19After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

    20But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.

    21Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.

    22The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

  • Luke 24:36-37
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    36And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!

    37But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.

  • Mark 4:35-41
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    35And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.

    36And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

    37And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

    38And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

    39And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.

    40And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

    41And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

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    22Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

    23But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

    24Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

    25And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

    26And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

  • Mark 6:53-54
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    53And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.

    54And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

  • Matt 8:26-27
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    26And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

    27And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

  • Matt 8:23-24
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    23And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

    24And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

  • Jonah 1:12-13
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    12And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

    13And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

  • Luke 5:9
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    9For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

  • Matt 17:6-7
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    6And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

    7And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.

  • John 21:4
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    4Now very early in the morning Jesus was there by the edge of the sea (though the disciples were not conscious that it was Jesus).

  • John 6:24
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    24So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

  • Luke 24:40
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    40And when he had said this, he let them see his hands and his feet.