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Matthew 14 — Sermon Preparation
Herod beheads John the Baptist; Jesus feeds five thousand and walks on water to his frightened disciples. Below is a research summary for Matthew 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Greek words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Matthew 14 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὄχλος | óchlos | G3793 | 8 | company, multitude, number, people |
| πλοῖον | ploîon | G4143 | 6 | ship |
| μαθητής | mathētḗs | G3101 | 6 | disciple |
| Ἡρῴδης | Hērṓdēs | G2264 | 4 | Herod |
| κελεύω | keleúō | G2753 | 3 | bid, command |
| ἄνεμος | ánemos | G417 | 3 | wind |
| φυλακή | phylakḗ | G5438 | 3 | cage, hold, prison, ward |
How preachers through history handled this text
65 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The terror and reproach of conscience, which Herod, like other daring offenders, could not shake off, are proofs and warnings of a future judgment, and of future misery to them. But there may be the terror of convictions, where there is not the truth of conversion. When men pretend to favour the gospel, yet live in evil, we must not favour their self-delusion, but must deliver our consciences as John did. The world may call this rudeness and blind zeal. False professors, or timid Christians, may censure it as want of civility; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 14:1–12 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Galilee 1— Matt 14:1
- Gennesaret— Matt 14:34
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