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 the evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses. Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side. 19And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow thee wherever thou goest. 20And Jesus saith to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air 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
• sawεἴδωeidō · to perceive: seeG1492
• greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• multitudesὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• commandmentκελεύωkeleuō · to orderG2753
• departἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• sideπέρανperan · other sideG4008

Cross-references for Matthew 8:18

• Matthew 8:1When he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
• Mark 1:35And in the morning, rising a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
• Luke 4:42And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came to him, and would have restrained him, that he should not depart from them.
• John 6:15When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again to a mountain himself alone.
• Matthew 14:22And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a boat, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
• Mark 4:35And the same day, when the evening was come, he saith to them, Let us pass over to the other side.
• Mark 5:21And when Jesus had passed over again in a boat to the other side, many people gathered to him: and he was near to the sea.
• Mark 6:45And immediately he constrained his disciples to get into the boat, and to go to the other side before to Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
• Mark 8:13And he left them, and entering into the boat again departed to the other side.
• Luke 8:22Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a boat with his disciples: and he said to them, Let us go over to 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