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

16That evening, people brought to Jesus many people who were ill. Many of them had bad spirits in them. Jesus spoke a word so that the bad spirits left them. He made everybody who was ill well again. 17Jesus did this so that the words of the prophet Isaiah would become true: ‘He took away everything that makes us weak. He carried away everything that makes us ill.’ One day, Jesus saw a large crowd of people around him. So he told his disciples, ‘We should go across the lake to the other side.’ 19A teacher of God's Law came to Jesus and said to him, ‘Teacher, I will go with you everywhere that you go.’ 20Jesus replied, ‘Wild animals and birds have their own places to live. But I, the Son of Man, have no place of my own to lie down and rest.’

Matthew 8:18 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• whenὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• multitudesὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• he gave commandmentκελεύωkeleuō · to orderG2753
• to departἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the other sideπέρανperan · other sideG4008

Cross-references for Matthew 8:18

• Matthew 8:1Jesus came down from the hill and a large crowd followed him.
• Mark 1:35Jesus got up very early the next morning, while it was still dark. He went to a place where he could be alone. He prayed there.
• Luke 4:42Early the next morning, Jesus went to a place where he could be alone. The people went to look for him. When they found him they said, ‘Do not leave us! Please stay here with us.’
• John 6:15The people wanted to take hold of Jesus so that they could make him their king. But Jesus knew that they wanted to do this. So he went away to the hills again by himself.
• Matthew 14:22Immediately after this, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Get in the boat and sail across to the other side of the lake.’ Jesus said that he would first send the crowd away. Then he would also leave.
• Mark 4:35On that same day, in the evening, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘We should go across the lake to the other side.’
• Mark 5:21Jesus returned to the other side of the lake in the boat. While he was by the lake, a large crowd came to him.
• Mark 6:45Immediately after this, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Get into the boat and sail across the lake to Bethsaida.’ Jesus said that he would first send the crowd away. Then he would also leave.
• Mark 8:13Then Jesus left those Pharisees. He got back into the boat to go to the other side of the lake.
• Luke 8:22One day, Jesus got into a boat with his disciples. He said to them, ‘We should go across to the other side of the lake.’ So they started to cross the lake.

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