While his traveling companions panicked, Peter asked Jesus if he could join him on the water. The disciples were convinced they were seeing a ghost until they looked more closely and saw it was Jesus walking toward them. In the distance, illuminated by flashes of lightning, was a person walking on top of the water. Wind and waves threatened to capsize their vessel.Īs they struggled against the elements, they saw something that really frightened them. A primary verb to hear.The apostle Peter and the other disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee one night when they were caught in a sudden storm. Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing pass: is heard, reported. Strong's 3775: (a) the ear, (b) met: the faculty of perception. Strong's 991: (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction demonstrative, that causative, because. From optanomai the eye by implication, vision figuratively, envy. Strong's 3788: The eye fig: the mind's eye. The person pronoun of the second person singular thou. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural A prolonged form of the poetical makar supremely blest by extension, fortunate, well off. Strong's 3107: Happy, blessed, to be envied. Strong's 1161: A primary particle but, and, etc. Edersheim ('Life,' 1:594) gives a striking illustration of the thought of this verse from the 'Pesiqta' (edit. It is, therefore, better to understand the verse to refer to their seeing and hearing things by virtue of grace given in reward for earlier faithfulness. This may refer to the disciples being able to see spiritual truths before God's special grace given them by way of reward to this effect, but this hardly suits the context from the phrase, "it is given" (ver. But blessed ( Matthew 5:3, note) are your eyes. If he really only spoke them once, we cannot be sure which the occasion was, but the possibility that they do not properly belong here is increased by the doubt whether also ver. the repetitions in the Prophets), but, in view of the frequency with which Christ's utterances are placed out of their original connexion, the assumption should be the other way. Possibly he spoke the verses only once (cf. The verses stand there, that is to say, in close connexion with the other great utterance contrasting God's revelation of spiritual things to some and his hiding them from others. Parallel passage: Luke 10:23, 24, after the return of the seventy, and immediately following our Matthew 11:25, 27. 'And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear, “But blessed are your eyes, for they see and your ears, for they hear. "But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. "But blessed are your eyes, for they see and your ears, for they hear. "But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear. “But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. "How blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear!Īnd blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear, "As for you, how fortunate you are! Your eyes see and your ears hear. "Blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear. “But your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!īut blessed are your eyes, for they see and your ears, for they hear.īut you have blessings to your eyes, for they are seeing, and to your ears, for they are hearing.īut God has blessed you, because your eyes can see and your ears can hear!īut blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. “Blessed are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear. “But blessed are your eyes, because they see and your ears, because they hear.īut blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.īut blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.īut blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear īut blessed are your eyes, because they see and your ears, because they hear.īut blessed are your eyes, because they see and your ears, because they hear. But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
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