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And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”. He said, “Come.”. So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.”.
Jan 4, 2022 · One of Jesus Christ’s most instructive miracles takes place when the apostle Peter jumps out of a boat and walks on turbulent water to meet the Lord on the sea. The account, which follows on the heels of another illuminating miracle, the feeding of the 5,000, is recorded in Matthew 14:22–36.
Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing. (John 21:1-3 RSV) These are my kind of fishermen! Much of the fishing in the Sea of Galilee was done at night in those days as it is yet today.
As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water." Clark's commentary (also at the link above) points out that "naked" often means missing the outer garment only and gives several examples.
As the disciples stand together and see boat after boat put off, Simon Peter can stand it no longer but suddenly exclaims, Ὑπάγω ἁλιεύειν, “I am off to fish”.
Aug 9, 2015 · The ESV renders the verse in question: That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!”. When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea.
When Peter realized it was Jesus, he could not wait for the boat to draw closer to the shore. However, out of respect for Jesus, he did not want to arrive scantily dressed, (as was required in his work).
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