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Matthew 8:23Matt.8.23

And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il monta dans la barque, et ses disciples le suivirent.

KJV

And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

Patristic reading

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  • John of Ephesus

    Ecclesiastical History

    hurch as a ship weathering the raging seas is a very old image and has connections to the account in Matthew 8:23–27 and Matthew 14:24–33, describing how Jesus twice calmed storms when he was sailing on the Lake of Galilee. The metaphor was employed by various church fathers (sta…

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