KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 14:23–24
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Matthew 14:23
23And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
23*And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went vp into a mountaine apart to pray: *and when the euening was come, he was there alone:
- Marke 6.46.
- Iohn 6.16.
Matthew 14:24
24But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
24But the ship was now in the midst of the Sea, tossed with waues: for the wind was contrary.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 14:23
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Separately; by itself.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 14:24
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
A vessel for travel or transport on water.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
The middle or central part; the position among or surrounded by others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Thrown upward suddenly or with a jerk; made to rise and fall suddenly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Moving ridges or swells of water; figuratively, overwhelming troubles or forces.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Opposite; adverse; moving against or in an opposite direction. Opposite; contradictory; not merely different, but inconsistent or repugnant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
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Open the full verse study46And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
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Open the full verse study15¶ When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
16And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
17And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
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Open the full verse study36¶ Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
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Open the full verse study4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
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Open the full verse study6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
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Open the full verse study28¶ And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study48And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
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Open the full verse study18And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
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Open the full verse study24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
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Open the full verse study11¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
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