j*****7
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16
到了晚上，他的门徒下海边去，
17
上了船，要过海往迦百农去。天已经黑了，耶稣还没有来到他们那里。
18
忽然狂风大作，海就翻腾起来。
19
门徒摇橹约行了十里多路，看见耶稣在海面上走，渐渐近了船，他们就害怕。
20
耶稣对他们说，是我。不要怕。
21
门徒就喜欢接他上船，船立时到了他们所要去的地方。
门徒怕，为什么？因为这样的神迹是他们从来没有听过，甚至也没有想过的
耶稣如何安慰他们？是我，不要怕
结果呢？门徒欢喜得了安慰，对耶稣的认识又近了一层 | l**********t
发帖数: 5754 | 2 thanks for leading the bible study.
additional comments on 19 & 20 from John Calvin:
19. They were terrified. The other Evangelists explain the cause of that
fear to have been, that they thought that it was an apparition, (
Matthew 14:26;
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled,
saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.
Mark 6:49.
but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost
, and cried out;
)
Now it is impossible not to be seized with consternation and dread, when an
apparition is presented before our eyes; for we conclude that it is either
some imposture of Satan, or some bad omen which God sends us. Besides, John
here holds out to us, as in a mirror, what kind of knowledge of Christ we
may obtain without the word, and what advantage may be reaped from that
knowledge. For if he present a simple demonstration of his divinity, we
immediately fall into our imaginations, and every person forms an idol for
himself instead of Christ. After we have thus wandered in our understanding,
this is immediately followed by trembling and a confused terror of heart.
But when he begins to speak, we then obtain from his voice clear and solid
knowledge, and then also joy and delightful peace dawn upon our minds. For
there is great weight in these words:
20. It is I: be not terrified We learn from them that it is in Christ’s
presence alone that we have abundant grounds of confidence, so as to be calm
and at ease. But this belongs exclusively to the disciples of Christ; for
we shall afterwards see that wicked men were struck down by the same words,
It is I, (John 18:6.) The reason of the distinction is, that he is sent as a
Judge to the reprobate and unbelievers for their destruction; and,
therefore, they cannot bear his presence without being immediately
overwhelmed. But believers, who know that he is given to them to make
propitiation, as soon as they hear his name, which is a sure pledge to them
both of the love of God and of their salvation, take courage as if they had
been raised from death to life, calmly look at the clear sky, dwell quietly
on earth, and, victorious over every calamity, take him for their shield
against all dangers. Nor does he only comfort and encourage them by his word
, but actually removes also the cause of the terror by allaying the tempest.
【在 j*****7 的大作中提到】
:
: 16
: 到了晚上，他的门徒下海边去，
: 17
: 上了船，要过海往迦百农去。天已经黑了，耶稣还没有来到他们那里。
: 18
: 忽然狂风大作，海就翻腾起来。
: 19
: 门徒摇橹约行了十里多路，看见耶稣在海面上走，渐渐近了船，他们就害怕。
: 20
| w*******e
发帖数: 6802 | 3 mark.
ghost
【在 l**********t 的大作中提到】
: thanks for leading the bible study.
:
: additional comments on 19 & 20 from John Calvin:
: 19. They were terrified. The other Evangelists explain the cause of that
: fear to have been, that they thought that it was an apparition, (
: Matthew 14:26;
: And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled,
: saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.
: Mark 6:49.
: but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost
| w*******e
发帖数: 6802 | 4 回头仔细又看了一遍，这段分析好。很好的提醒。
Besides, John
here holds out to us, as in a mirror, what kind of knowledge of Christ we
may obtain without the word, and what advantage may be reaped from that
knowledge. For if he present a simple demonstration of his divinity, we
immediately fall into our imaginations, and every person forms an idol for
himself instead of Christ. After we have thus wandered in our understanding,
this is immediately followed by trembling and a confused terror of heart. |
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