Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
And the sea was rising (h te qalassa diegeireto). Imperfect (without augment) passive of diegeirw, late compound to wake up thoroughly, to arouse.
By reason of a great wind that blew (anemou megalou pneontov). Genitive absolute with present active participle of pnew, to blow, "a great wind blowing."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 6:18:
Mark 6:48
John 3:8
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