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 Living Translation (NLT)When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.

Context of Matthew 8:18

16When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.” And when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave a command to depart to the other side. 19Then a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” 20And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere 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 8:1When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.
• Mark 1:35Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.
• Luke 4:42Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them;
• John 6:15Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
• Matthew 14:22Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away.
• Mark 4:35On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.”
• Mark 5:21Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.
• Mark 6:45Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away.
• Mark 8:13And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side.
• Luke 8:22Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.” And they launched 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
• Gnashing
• Heal
• Hole
• Immediately
• Rebuke
• Sickness
• Speak
• Torment
• Sea of Galilee, Sea of Kinnereth, lake of Gennesaret, Sea of Tiberias

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