NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 19

John 6:19

World English Bible Updated

When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.

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John 6:19 in context

John 6:16–22

16

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea.

17

They entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

18

The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.

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When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.

20

But he said to them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

21

They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

22

On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.

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Notes from World English Bible Updated

  1. 25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3 to 4 miles
  2. See Job 9:8

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