^14:26When²⁶ the disciples saw him walking on the water²⁷ they were terrified and said, “It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear. ^14:27But immediately Jesus²⁸ spoke to them:²⁹ “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

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Footnotes

26 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
27 Grk “on the sea”; or “on the lake.” The translation “water” has been used here for stylistic reasons (cf. the same phrase in v. 25).
28 Most witnesses have ὁ Ἰησοῦς (ho Iēsous, “Jesus”), while a few lack the words (א* D 073 892 ff1 syc sa bo). Although such additions are often suspect (due to liturgical influences, piety, or for the sake of clarity), in this case it is likely that ὁ Ἰησοῦς dropped out accidentally. Apart from a few albeit important witnesses, as noted above, the rest of the tradition has either ὁ Ἰησοῦς αὐτοῖς (ho Iēsous autois) or αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς (autois ho Iēsous). In uncial letters, with Jesus’ name as a nomen sacrum, this would have been written as ΑΥΤΟΙΣΟΙΣ or ΟΙΣ ΑΥΤΟΙΣ. Thus homoioteleuton could explain the reason for the omission of Jesus’ name.
29 Grk “he said to them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant and has not been translated.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.

But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and they cried out in fear.

Immediately Jesus spoke to them. “Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

NLTNew Living Translation

When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”

But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But the disciples, when they saw him walking on the sea, were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Have courage, I am he! Do not be afraid!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

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