So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.
- KJV And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
- BSB “Come,” said Jesus. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.
- NASB And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.
- NLT “Yes, come,” Jesus said. So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.
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Quick answer
At Jesus' word 'Come,' Peter steps out and walks on the water toward Him. Faith in Christ's command enables the impossible.
Overview
Jesus invites Peter, who climbs from the boat and walks on the water toward Him. As long as Peter trusts Christ's word, he shares in the miraculous. The moment demonstrates that obedient faith fixed on Jesus can accomplish what is humanly impossible, while also preparing for the lesson when Peter's focus wavers.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- Mark 9:23Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
- Acts 3:16By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
- Luke 17:6The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
- Mark 11:22–23Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
- Matt 21:21Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.
- Rom 4:19Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
- Matt 17:20He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
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