Matthew 14:25 - Exposition

And in the fourth watch of the night . Therefore some nine hours after sunset ( Matthew 14:23 , note). They had been battling for hours, and had only gone about three miles and a half ( John 6:19 ). Jesus went ; came (Revised Version); ἦλθε , not ἀπῆλθε , with Received Text. Unto them, walking on the sea ( ἐπὶ τὴν θάλθασσαν ); contrast Matthew 14:26 ( ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης ) . Here there is more thought of motion (cf. Matthew 14:29 ), but in the next verse the advance is almost forgotten, and the fact of Christ being on the water is all-important; "they saw him on the sea, walking."