Matthew Chapter 14 verse 28 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 14:28

And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto the upon the waters.
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BBE Matthew 14:28

And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you, give me the order to come to you on the water.
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DARBY Matthew 14:28

And Peter answering him said, Lord, if it be *thou*, command me to come to thee upon the waters.
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KJV Matthew 14:28

And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
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WBT Matthew 14:28


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WEB Matthew 14:28

Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."
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YLT Matthew 14:28

And Peter answering him said, `Sir, if it is thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters;'
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Matthew 14 : 28 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 28-31. - St. Peter's venture. Matthew only. Verse 28. - And; δέ, slightly adversative, because St. Peter's words were so contrary to what might have been expected. Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou (εἰ σὺ εῖ). No doubt is implied (Matthew 4:3, note). Bid me (κέλευσόν με); jube me (Vulgate). He will only come at Christ's command. In this lies the difference - and it is a decisive difference - from the second temptation (Matthew 4:6). Come unto thee on the water. Not "bid me walk on the water;" for he does not want to perform a miracle, but to come to Jesus. His request is not due to the hope of making a show, but to impulsive love. Observe, too, that he seems to have realized that the Lord would enable his followers to do as he himself did (cf. Chrysostom). On the water; the waters (Revised Version); rough though they were. Had we any ether account of this incident, it would be interesting to see if it contained these words. They read very like an explanatory addition by the narrator.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28, 29) And Peter answered him.--The incident that follows is narrated by St. Matthew only. It may have been one which the Apostle did not willingly recall, and which was therefore omitted by his disciple St. Mark and by his friend St. John, while St. Luke, writing as a compiler, came into the circle of those among whom it was seldom, if ever, mentioned. It is, however, eminently characteristic. Eager but not steadfast, daring and yet fearful, the Apostle is on that stormy night, as he was afterwards among the scoffs and questionings in the porch of the high priest's palace. "If it be Thou . . ." The voice, the form are not enough for him. It may yet, he thinks, be a spectre or a dream, and therefore he demands a sign. He, too, must walk upon the waters. And at first his faith sustains him. He is a sharer with his Master in that intensity of spiritual life which suspends the action of natural laws by one which is supernatural.