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Matthew 8:23

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And when he was entered into a ship (Revised Version, boat), his disciples followed him. Did St. Matthew see in the very order of embarking a symbol of the Christian life? It may be so, but a more probable reason for mentioning the order is that our Lord was, perhaps, on this occasion not using a beat that belonged to any of the disciples.

Passage may have been given to him at his request, and of course the disciples went where he went.

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