So when they had rowed,.... For the wind being contrary, they could not make use of their sails, but betook themselves to their oars, and by that means gotabout five and twenty, or thirty furlongs; which were three or four miles, or little more than a league; no further had they got, though they had been rowing from the time it was dark, to the fourth watch, which was after three o'clock in the morning; all this while they had been tossed in the sea;they saw Jesus walking on the sea;See Gill on "Mt 14:25",See Gill on "Mt 14:26",See Gill on "Mt 14:29".
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John 6:19
John 6:19
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