Matthew 14:12-13
New American Standard Bible
12 [a]John’s disciples came and took away the body and buried [b]it; and they went and reported to Jesus.
Five Thousand Men Fed
13 (A)Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the [c]people heard about this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.
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- Matthew 14:12 Lit his
- Matthew 14:12 Lit him
- Matthew 14:13 Lit the crowds
Matthew 14:12-13
New English Translation
12 Then John’s[a] disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
13 Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat[b] to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it,[c] they followed him on foot from the towns.[d]
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- Matthew 14:12 tn Grk “his”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”
- Matthew 14:13 sn See the note at Matt 4:21 for a description of the first-century fishing boat discovered in 1986 near Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.
- Matthew 14:13 tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
- Matthew 14:13 tn Or “cities.”
Matthew 14:12-13
King James Version
12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
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