210
προσεύξασθαι.
Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης, µόνος ἦν ἐκεῖ.
24. τὸ δὲ
ρε πλοῖον ἤδη µέσον τῆς θαλάσσης fv! "βασανιζόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν
(there the men, here of
κυμάτων" ἦν γὰρ ἐναντίος 6 ἄνεμος.
25. Τετάρτῃ δὲ φυλακῇ
the ship). τῆς νυκτὸς ἀπῆλθεΣ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς,δ περιπατῶν ἐπὶ τῆς
θαλάσσης."
ς Mk. vi. 49
περιπατοῦ ἐ My wi-49 περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν,
*Ingois,® λέγων, “Θαρσεῖτε' ἐγώ εἶμι, μὴ φοβεῖσθε.
26. καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ ὃ ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ὃ
λέγοντες, “Ore 27. εὐθέως Ἰ δὲ
Γφάντασµά ἐστι.’ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς ὁ 28. ᾽Αποκρι-
θεὶς δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπε» ““ Κύριε, εἰ σὺ εἶ, κέλευσόν µε πρός σε
20. “O δὲ εἶπεν, “EOE.”
Καὶ καταβὰς
ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου 61! Πέτρος περιεπάτησεν ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα, ἐλθεῖν 13 πρὸς
wn 4 καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν. 15)).
ἐλθεῖν 19 ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα. 1 For µεσον . .
- ην B, some verss. and minuss. have here σταδιους πολλους απο
της γης απειχεν, which W.H. adopt, putting in margin the reading of T.R., which
is the undisputed reading in Mk. * n\Gev in QB verss.
+ ΒΔ several cursives have the accus. here.
6 της θαλασσης in BCD.
Ίενθυς in NBD here as always in Mk., whence it may have come. It need not be again referred to.
is a standing variation.
3 Omit o |. KBCD. ὅ οι δε pad. ιδοντες a. in BD.
In Mk. this
8ο |. before αυτοις in B, omitted in SD, bracketed in W.H.
9 The order of words varies here.
W.H., after B, have αποκ. Se o [Π. ειπεν a.
© S8BCDAZ many cursives have ελθειν προς σε.
1 Art, omitted in KBD.
emphasis, and renders: “auctor fuit discipulis, ut navem conscenderent ’’.— ἕως οὗ ἀπολύσῃ, subjunctive, here used where optative would be used in classic Greek. Cf. xviii. 30, and vide Burton, § 324.—Ver. 23. ἀνέβη els τὸ Spos. After dismissing the crowd Jesus retired into the mountainous country back from the shore, glad to be αἶοπε-- κατ’ ἰδίαν, even to be rid of the Twelve for a season. --προσεύξασθαι: ‘‘ Good for prayer the mountain, and the night, and the soli- tude (µόνωσις), affording quiet, freedom from distraction (τὸ ἀπερίσπαστον), and calm” (Euthy. Zig.).—éwlas γεν. refers, of course, to a later hour than in ver. 15. —Ver. 24. μέσον, an adjective agreeing with πλοῖον (Winer, § 54, 6), signi- fies not merely in the middle strictly, but any appreciable distance from shore. Pricaeus gives examples of such use. But the reading of B, probably to be pre- ferred, implies that the boat was many stadii (25 or 30, John vi. 19 = 3 to 4 miles) from the eastern shore.—t1ro τῶν κυμάτων: not in Mk., and goes without saying; when there are winds there will be waves.—évavrlog 6 ἄνεμος: what wind? From what quarter blowing?
13 και ηλθεν in BD.
What was the starting-point, and the destination? Holtz. (H. C.) suggests that the voyage was either from Beth- saida Julias at the mouth of the upper Jordan to the north-western shore, or from the south end of the plain Εἰ- Batiha towards Bethsaida Julias, at the north end, citing Furrer in support of the second alternative, vide in Mk.—Ver. 25. τετάρτῃ @vA.=3 to 6, in the early morning, wpet.—éwt τ. θ.: the readings in this and the next verse vary between genitive and accusative. The sense is much the same. The evangelist means to represent Jesus as really walking on the sea, not on the land above the sea level (Paulus, Schenkel). Holtz. (H. C.), re- garding it as a legend, refers to O. T. texts in which God walks on the sea.— Ver. 26. φάντασμα: a little touch of sailor superstition natural in the circum- stances ; presupposes the impression that they saw something walking on the sea. —Ver. 27. ἐλάλησεν: Jesus spoke; the words given (θαρσεῖτε, etc.), but the mere sound of His voice would be enough.