Mark 6:49
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But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.

they saw.

Job 9:8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

supposed.

Job 4:14-16 Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted: . . .

Matthew 14:25,26 And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea. . . .

Luke 24:37 But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit.

Context
Jesus Walks on Water
48And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them. 49But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out. 50For they all saw him, and were troubled bled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not.…
Cross References
Mark 6:48
And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them.

Mark 6:50
For they all saw him, and were troubled bled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not.

Luke 24:37
But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit.

Lexicon
but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

when they saw
ἰδόντες (idontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

walking
περιπατοῦντα (peripatounta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sea,
θαλάσσης (thalassēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2281: Probably prolonged from hals; the sea.

they cried out,
ἀνέκραξαν (anekraxan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 349: To shout aloud, cry out. From ana and krazo; to scream up.

thinking
ἔδοξαν (edoxan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1380: A prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok'-o of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem.

[He] was
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a ghost—
φάντασμά (phantasma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5326: An apparition, ghost, spirit, phantom. From phantazo; a show, i.e. Spectre.


Additional Translations
but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—

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

But when they saw him walking on the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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