Matthew 8:18

Matthew 8:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
• New International Version (NIV)When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave a command to depart to the other side.

Context of Matthew 8:18

16And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick: 17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Matthew 8:18 word by word

Ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὄχλον περὶ αὐτὸν ἐκέλευσεν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὸ πέραν.Read the interlinear

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• multitudesὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• departἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• otherπέρανperan · other sideG4008

Cross-references for Matthew 8:18

• Matthew 8:1And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
• Mark 1:35And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
• Luke 4:42And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.
• John 6:15Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain himself alone.
• Matthew 14:22And straightway he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side, till he should send the multitudes away.
• Mark 4:35And on that day, when even was come, he saith unto them, Let us go over unto the other side.
• Mark 5:21And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat unto the other side, a great multitude was gathered unto him; and he was by the sea.
• Mark 6:45And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he himself sendeth the multitude away.
• Mark 8:13And he left them, and again entering into the boat departed to the other side.
• Luke 8:22Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples; and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake: and they launched forth.

Commentaries on Matthew 8:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Unto the other side - Viz. of the lake of Genesareth, whence he proceeded to the country of the Gergesenes, Matthew 8:28.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Unto the other side - Jesus was now in Capernaum, a city at the northwest corner of the Sea of Tiberias, or Sea of Galilee. See the notes at Matthew 4:18. The country to which he purposed to go was the region on the east of the Sea of Tiberias.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-22Verses 18-22 One of the scribes was too hasty in promising; he proffers himself to be a close follower of Christ. He seems to be very resolute. Many resolutions for religion are produced by sudden conviction, and taken up without due consideration; these come to nothing. When this scribe offered to follow Christ, one would think he should have been encouraged; one scribe might do more credit and service than twelve fishermen; but Christ saw his heart, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-22Jesus once met two people who said they wanted to be his followers. Jesus explained what it really means to follow him. He wanted them to understand that following him required serious commitment.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 8:18

• Jesus, the Christ
• Rest

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Gnashing
• Heal
• Hole
• Immediately
• Rebuke
• Sickness
• Speak
• Torment

Commentaries on Matthew 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings