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To: Friends

Jesus Walks on Water

From: Fong-Ling

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Immediately Jesus made

the disciples get into the boat

and go on ahead of Him

to the other side,

while He dismissed

the crowd.

Matthew 14:22 (NIV)

Christ at the Sea of Galilee,

by Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian painter, 1519-1594), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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After He had dismissed them,

He went up on a mountainside

by Himself to pray.

Later that night,

He was there alone,

and the boat was already a considerable distance from land,

buffeted by the waves because

the wind was against it.

Matthew 14:23-24 (NIV)

La "Navicella" or The “Ship”

by Antoniazzo Romano, (Italian painter, 1430-1508),

Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France.

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Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.

Matthew 14:25 (NIV)

Christ Walking on the Water by Julius Sergius von Klever (Baltic German painter, 1850-1924).

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When the disciples saw Him walking on the lake,

they were terrified.

“It’s a ghost,” they said,

and cried out in fear.

Matthew 14:26 (NIV)

Jesus Walking on Water,

by Ivan Aivazovsky (Armenian-Russian, 1817-1900),

Private collection.

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But Jesus immediately said to them:

“Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

Matthew 14:27 (NIV)

Christ Walking on the Sea by Amédée Varin (1818-1883)

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“Lord,

if it’s you,”

Peter replied,

“tell me to

come to you

on the water.”

Matthew 14:28 (NIV)

Jesus Walking on the Sea of Galilee,

by Paul Bril (Flemish painter, 1554-1626)

and Frederik van Valckenborch

(Flemish painter, 1566-1623),

Museum of John Paul II Collection,

Warsaw, Poland.

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“Come,” He said.

Then Peter got down

out of the boat,

walked on the water

and came toward Jesus.

Matthew 14:29 (NIV)

St Peter Walking on the Water,

by Alessandro Allori (Italian painter, 1535-1607),

Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

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But when he saw the wind,

he was afraid and,

beginning to sink, cried out,

“Lord, save me!”

Immediately Jesus

reached out His hand

and caught him.

“You of little faith,”

He said,

“why did you doubt?”

Matthew 14:30-31 (NIV)

Saint Peter Attempting to Walk on Water,

by Francois Boucher (French painter, 1703-1770), Cathedrale Saint-Louis de Versailles, Versailles, France.

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And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down.

Matthew 14:32 (NIV)

Christ Rescuing Peter from Drowning by Lorenzo Veneziano (active 1356-1372), Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany.

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Then those who were

in the boat worshiped Him,

saying,

“Truly you are the Son of God.”

When they had crossed over,

they landed at Gennesaret.

Matthew 14:33-34 (NIV)