Matthew 14:26
Good News Translation
When they saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. "It's a ghost!" they said, and screamed with fear.

Contemporary English Version
When they saw him, they thought he was a ghost. They were terrified and started screaming.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear.

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And they seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear.

they were.

1 Samuel 28:12-14 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice, and said to Saul: Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. . . .

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

Daniel 10:6-12 And his body was like the chrysolite, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as a burning lamp: and his arms, and all downward even to the feet, like in appearance to glittering brass: and the voice of his word like the voice of a multitude. . . .

Mark 6:49,50 But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out. . . .

Luke 1:11,12 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. . . .

Luke 24:5,45 And as they were afraid and bowed down their countenance towards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead? . . .

Acts 12:15 But they said to her: Thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was so. Then said they: It is his angel.

Revelation 1:17 And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am the First and the Last,

Context
Jesus Walks on Water
25And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea. 26And they seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear. 27And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good heart: it is I, fear ye not.…
Cross References
Luke 24:23
And not finding his body, came, saying that they had all seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive.

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

Additional Translations
When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.

And the disciples having seen Him walking on the sea, were troubled saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.

And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is an apparition; and they cried out for fear.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

When the disciples saw Him walking on the waves, they were greatly alarmed. "It is a spirit," they exclaimed, and they cried out with terror.

When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear.

and the disciples having seen him walking upon the sea, were troubled saying -- 'It is an apparition,' and from the fear they cried out;
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