John 6:17

John 6:17

Jesus Walks on the Sea

15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him ^aking, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

16 ^aNow when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

17 got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was already dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

18 Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing.

19 So when they had rowed about¹ three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were ^aafraid.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Were going (hrxonto). Picturesque imperfect.

It was now dark (skotia hdh egegonei). Past perfect active of ginomai. While they were going, "darkness had already come."

And Jesus had not yet come to them (kai ouk elhluqei prov autouv o Ihsouv). Another past perfect active of erxomai with negative oupw. Darkness had come, but Jesus had not come, while they were going over the sea. The tenses in these verses are very graphic.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 6:17:**

Mark 6:47
John 1:5
John 6:16
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