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Jerome: "Rightly had the Apostles departed from the Lord as unwilling, and slow to leave Him, lest they should suffer shipwreck whilst He was not with them.For it follows, Now when it was evening he was there alone; that is, in the mountain; but the boat was in the middle of the sea tossed with the waves; for the wind was contrary."
Matthew 14:13 and 14:15 refer to a 'deserted' or 'secluded' (Amplified Bible) place, clarified as 'a place where no one lived' in the Easy-to-Read Version. In Luke's gospel , he goes at this point in the narrative to 'a town called Bethsaida ', i.e. an inhabited place, but nevertheless one where 'he and his apostles could be alone together.
Commentary from the Church Fathers [ edit ] Chrysostom : "But He suffers them to be tossed the whole night, exciting their hearts by fear, and inspiring them with greater desire and more lasting recollection of Him; for this reason He did not stand by them immediately, but as it follows, in the fourth watch of the night he came to them walking ...
Augustine: "Or; That the disciples here say, It is a phantasm, figures those who yielding to the Devil shall doubt of the coming of Christ.That Peter cries to the Lord for help that he should not be drowned, signifies that He shall purge His Church with certain trials even after the last persecution; as Paul also notes, saying, He shall be saved, yet so as by fire (1 Corinthians 3:15)."
Current events; Random article; ... Matthew 14:23 is a verse in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New ... Chapter 14: Succeeded by Matthew 14:24
St. Lidwina of Holland, was famous for her patience and love. And even though she was poor herself, diligently gave to the poor. She had only a few small coins in her purse, and these she was always giving away, but others were supplied from heaven in their place, so that they never failed, but only increased, and so her purse came to be called the Jesus purse. [3]
Jerome: "Otherwise; It is the manner of Scripture to speak of events as they were commonly viewed at the time by all.So Joseph is called by Mary herself the father of Jesus; so here Herod is said to be sorry, because the guests believed that he was so.
Jerome: "He feared a disturbance among the people for John’s sake, for he knew that multitudes had been baptized by him in Jordan; but he was overcome by love of his wife, which had already made him neglect the commands of. God." [2]