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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.
The fourth watch, then, went from about the tenth hour of the night, until the end of the twelfth. It is said that Christ allowed this long period of tossing by a tempest so that the disciples might be 1. accustomed to endure hardness. 2. might more ardently pray for God's help. 3. more relieved by the calming which Christ was about to do. [1]
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]
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And 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. The New International Version translates the passage as: After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.
Commentary from the Church Fathers [ edit ] Jerome : "The old history tells us, that Philip the son of Herod the greater, the brother of this Herod, had taken to wife Herodias daughter of Aretas, king of the Arabs; and that he, the father-in-law, having afterwards cause of quarrel with his son-in-law, took away his daughter, and to grieve her ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. The New International Version translates the passage as: And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. The New International Version translates the passage as: When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified.