Matthew 14:24-33

14:24 Meanwhile the boat, already far from land,¹ was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it. 14:25 As the night was ending,² Jesus came to them walking on the sea.³ 14:26 When⁴ the disciples saw him walking on the water⁵ they were terrified and said, “It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear. 14:27 But immediately Jesus⁶ spoke to them:⁷ “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.” 14:28 Peter⁸ said to him,⁹ “Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water.” 14:29 So he said, “Come.” Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus. 14:30 But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out,¹⁰ “Lord, save me!” 14:31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” 14:32 When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased. 14:33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

¹tn Grk “The boat was already many stades from the land.” A stade (στάδιον, stadion) was a unit of distance about 607 feet (187 meters) long.

²tn Grk “In the fourth watch of the night,” that is, between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m.

³tn Or “on the lake.”

⁴tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵tn Grk “on the sea”; or “on the lake.” The translation “water” has been used here for stylistic reasons (cf. the same phrase in v. 25).

⁶tc Most witnesses have ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsous, “Jesus”), while a few lack the words (א* D 073 892 pc ff¹ sy^c sa bo). Although such additions are often suspect (due to liturgical influences, piety, or for the sake of clarity), in this case it is likely that ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς dropped out accidentally. Apart from a few albeit important witnesses, as noted above, the rest of the tradition has either ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς αὐτοῖς (Jo Ihsous autois) or αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (autois Jo Ihsous). In uncial letters, with Jesus’ name as a nomen sacrum, this would have been written as autoisois_ or ois_autois. Thus homoioteleuton could explain the reason for the omission of Jesus’ name.

⁷tn Grk “he said to them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

⁸tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁹tn Grk “answering him, Peter said.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant and has not been translated.

¹⁰tn Grk “he cried out, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.