John 6:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 107:25 : 25 He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.
  • Ps 135:7 : 7 He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.
  • Matt 14:24 : 24 Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

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  • Mark 4:35-41
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    35Stilling of a Storm On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.”

    36So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him.

    37Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

    38But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him,“Teacher, don’t you care that we are about to die?”

    39So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

    40And he said to them,“Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?”

    41They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another,“Who then is this? Even the wind and sea obey him!”

  • Mark 6:47-51
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    47When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.

    48He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.

    49When they saw him walking on the water they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,

    50for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them:“Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

    51Then he went up with them into the boat, and the wind ceased. They were completely astonished,

  • John 6:19-22
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    19Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

    20But he said to them,“It is I. Do not be afraid.”

    21Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.

    22The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

  • Matt 14:24-26
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    24Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

    25As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.

    26When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said,“It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear.

  • Matt 8:23-27
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    23Stilling of a Storm As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

    24And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

    25So they came and woke him up saying,“Lord, save us! We are about to die!”

    26But he said to them,“Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

    27And the men were amazed and said,“What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

  • John 6:16-17
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    16Walking on Water Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

    17got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum.(It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

  • Jonah 1:11-13
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    11Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”

    12He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”

    13Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

  • Luke 8:22-25
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    22Stilling of a Storm One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,

    23and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger.

    24They came and woke him, saying,“Master, Master, we are about to die!” So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm.

    25Then he said to them,“Where is your faith?” But they were afraid and amazed, saying to one another,“Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!”

  • Matt 14:32
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    32When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.

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    4But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

  • Acts 27:13-15
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    13When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete.

    14Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.

    15When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

  • Matt 14:29-30
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    29So he said,“Come.” Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

    30But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out,“Lord, save me!”

  • Ps 107:25
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    25He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.

  • John 6:1
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  • Mark 4:1
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    1The Parable of the Sower Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

  • Jonah 1:15
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    15So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

  • Acts 27:41
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    41But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

  • Acts 27:18
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    18The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,

  • Mark 6:53
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  • Dan 7:2
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    2Daniel explained:“I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.

  • John 6:24
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    24So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

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    6When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.