Mark 6:49

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

Mark 6:49 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:49

But when they saw him walking on the sea
(See Gill on Matthew 14:26);

they supposed it had been a spirit;
a phantom, a spectre, an apparition, a nocturnal demon:

and cried out;
as men affrighted at the sight, and fearing they should be hurt by it, or that it portended some evil to them; (See Gill on Matthew 14:26).

Mark 6:49 In-Context

47 And [when] evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he [was] alone on the land.

48 And he saw them being beaten in their rowing because the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he was wanting to pass by them.

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

50 For they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke with them and said to them, "Have courage, I am [he]! Do not be afraid!"

51 And he went up with them into the boat, and the wind abated. And {they were extraordinarily} astounded within themselves,

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal