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

16When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. 17In this way what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: “He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.” Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake. 19Then an expert in the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place 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

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 8:1After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.
• Mark 1:35Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.
• Luke 4:42The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.
• John 6:15Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.
• Matthew 14:22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.
• Mark 4:35On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.”
• Mark 5:21When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.
• Mark 6:45Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.
• Mark 8:13Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.
• Luke 8:22One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,

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