MARK 6:49 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

GHT Moreover, the behold[ing] same walking-around upon of {the seawater} esteem to-be-being [a] reveal-ize-effect/apparition, and they-cry-out-up/anew,

ULT But they, having seen him walking on the sea, thought that he is a ghost, and they cried out,

UST No UST MARK 6:49 verse available

BSB but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking [He] was a ghost—

MSB but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking [He] was a ghost—

BLB And having seen Him walking on the sea, they thought that it is a ghost, and cried out.

AICNT But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost, and they cried out;

OEB But, when they saw him walking on the water, they thought it was a ghost, and cried out;

WEBBE & WMBB but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

NET When they saw him walking on the water they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,

LSV And they having seen Him walking on the sea, thought [it] to be an apparition, and cried out,

FBV but when they saw him walking on the water they thought he was a ghost. They screamed out

TCNT But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out.

T4T They saw him walking on the water, but they thought that he was a ghost. They screamed

LEB But when[fn] they saw him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and they cried out.

6:49 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal

BBE But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

Moff but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost and shrieked aloud —

Wymth They saw Him walking on the water, and thinking that it was a spirit they cried out;

ASV but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

DRA But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.

YLT And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought [it] to be an apparition, and cried out,

Drby But they, seeing him walking on the sea, thought that it was an apparition, and cried out.

RV but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was an apparition, and cried out:

SLT And having seen him walking upon the sea, they thought it was an apparition, and cried out:

Wbstr But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out.

KJB-1769 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:

KJB-1611 But when they saw him walking vpon the Sea, they supposed it had bene a spirit, and cried out.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps But when they sawe hym walkyng vpon the sea, they supposed it had ben a spirite, and cryed out.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva And when they saw him walking vpon the sea, they supposed it had bene a spirit, and cried out.
(And when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out.)

Cvdl And whan they sawe him walkinge vpon the see, they thought it had bene a sprete, and cried out,
(And when they saw him walking upon the sea, they thought it had been a spirit, and cried out,)

TNT When they sawe him walkinge apon the see they supposed it had bene a sprete and cryed oute:
(When they saw him walking upon the sea they supposed it had been a spirit and cried out:)

Wycl And as thei sayn hym wandrynge on the see, thei gessiden that it weren a fantum, and crieden out;
(And as they saw him wandering on the sea, they guessed that it were a phantom, and cried out;)

Luth Und er wollte vor ihnen übergehen. Und da sie ihn sahen auf dem Meer wandeln, meineten sie, es wäre ein Gespenst, und schrieen.
(And he wanted before/in_front_of to_them transition(v). And there they/she/them him/it saw(v) on/in/to to_him sea walk, meant they/she/them, it were a spook/ghost, and shouted/screamed.)

ClVg At illi ut viderunt eum ambulantem supra mare, putaverunt phantasma esse, et exclamaverunt.[fn]
(But them as they_saw him walking above the_sea, they_thought phantom to_be, and they_exclaimed.)

6.49 Putaverunt. BEDA. Adhuc hæretici putant phantasma esse, nec veram carnem de virgine assumpsisse. Theodorus enim, etc., usque ad et qualiter non infusis pedibus corporale pondus habentibus et materiale onus, deambulabat in humidam et instabilem substantiam.

6.49 Putaverunt. BEDA. Still heretics they_think phantom to_be, but_not true the_flesh from/about virgin assumpsisse. Theodorus because, etc., until to and how/as not/no infusis feet bodily weight having and material burden/load, deambulabat in/into/on wet and instabilem substance.

UGNT οἱ, δὲ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα, ἔδοξαν ὅτι φάντασμά ἐστιν, καὶ ἀνέκραξαν.
(hoi, de idontes auton epi taʸs thalassaʸs peripatounta, edoxan hoti fantasma estin, kai anekraxan.)

SBL-GNT οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ⸂ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα⸃ ἔδοξαν ⸂ὅτι φάντασμά ἐστιν⸃ καὶ ἀνέκραξαν,
(hoi de idontes auton ⸂epi taʸs thalassaʸs peripatounta⸃ edoxan ⸂hoti fantasma estin⸃ kai anekraxan,)

RP-GNT Οἱ δέ, ἰδόντες αὐτὸν περιπατοῦντα ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης, ἔδοξαν φάντασμα εἶναι, καὶ ἀνέκραξαν·
(Hoi de, idontes auton peripatounta epi taʸs thalassaʸs, edoxan fantasma einai, kai anekraxan;)

TC-GNT οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν [fn]περιπατοῦντα ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης ἔδοξαν [fn]φάντασμα εἶναι καὶ ἀνέκραξαν·
(hoi de idontes auton peripatounta epi taʸs thalassaʸs edoxan fantasma einai kai anekraxan;)

6:49 περιπατουντα επι της θαλασσης ¦ επι της θαλασσης περιπατουντα ᴄᴛ

6:49 φαντασμα ειναι ¦ οτι φαντασμα εστι ᴄᴛ

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 6:45–52: Jesus walked on the water of the lake

This section tells about another miracle that showed Jesus’ power. After he fed the five thousand men, Jesus urged his disciples to get into their boat and go to the other side of the lake. Then during the night he came to them while they were still in the boat on the lake. He walked to them on the surface of the water and climbed into the boat with them.

There are several ways to divide this section into paragraphs:

Two paragraphs (as in the GNT)
6:45–50a
6:50b–52
Three paragraphs (as in the BSB, NIV, RSV, CEV, NLT)
6:45–46
6:47–50a
6:50b–52
One paragraph (as in the NJB, NET, ESV)
6:45–52

You should divide this section into paragraphs in a way that is natural in your language. The Notes and Display follow option (a).

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here is another possible heading for this section:

Jesus walks on the water

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 14:22–23 and John 6:15–21.

6:49a

but when they saw Him walking on the sea,

but when they saw him walking on top of the lake,
But when they saw him walking on the surface of the lake/water,

6:49b

they cried out,

They shouted/called out in fear
They screamed

6:49a–b

but: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as but here indicates a contrast. The contrast is between what Jesus intended to do (6:48d) and what actually happened.

they cried out: The clause they cried out is a result of 6:49c (“thinking he was a ghost”). It is also a result of 6:50a (“they all saw Him and were terrified”). See the General Comments at the end of the note on 6:50a for other ways to express these relationships.

cried out: The Greek word that the BSB translates as cried out is the sound someone makes when afraid. Another way to translate this word is “scream.” For example:

and they started screaming (CEV)

they screamed in terror (NLT96)

6:49c

thinking He was a ghost—

they thought that he was a ghost.
they thought that he was a ghost/spirit, because they did not recognize him.
they thought, “It is a ghost!”

thinking He was a ghost: The Greek word that the BSB translates as a ghost refers to a phantom. The word is often used when people see a vision or form of a dead person, but his body is not actually there. This Greek word is different from the Greek word that means “spirit.” The disciples probably thought that the spirit of a dead person was appearing to them in a form that they could see. Use the natural term in your language to describe this.

In some languages, it may be more natural to put what the disciples thought into direct speech. For example, the GNT says:

“It’s a ghost!” they thought…

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ Δέ ἰδόντες αὐτόν ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἔδοξαν ὅτι φάντασμα ἐστίν καί ἀνέκραξαν)

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [Then]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα

See how you translated this phrase in [6:48](../06/48.md). Alternate translation: [walking on the surface of the sea] or [miraculously walking on top of the sea]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ἔδοξαν ὅτι φάντασμά ἐστιν

supposed that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἱ Δέ ἰδόντες αὐτόν ἐπί τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἔδοξαν ὅτι φάντασμα ἐστίν καί ἀνέκραξαν)

It may be more natural in your language to have a direct quotation here. Alternate translation: [thought, “He is a ghost!”]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

φάντασμά

Here, the word ghost refers to a spiritual or supernatural being that people see. In Jesus’ culture, when people saw a ghost, they usually assumed that something bad was going to happen. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of unusual experience, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [an apparition] or [some powerful and dangerous being]

Parallel MARK 6:49

Section 6:45–52: Jesus walked on the water of the lake

6:49a

6:49b

6:49a–b

6:49c