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John Gill's Exposition on Mark 6:49

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But when they saw him walking on the sea, etc..] (See Gill on “<401426>Matthew 14:26”); they supposed it had been a spirit; a phantom, a spectre, an apparition, a nocturnal demon: and cried out; as men affrighted at the sight, and fearing they should be hurt by it, or that it portended some evil to them; (see Gill on “<401426>Matthew 14:26”).
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