But immediately Jesus ¹  spoke to them: ²  “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

biblegateway Mat 14:27

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid."

Immediately Jesus spoke to them. "Have courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Have courage, I am [he]! Do not be afraid!

biblegateway Mat 14:27

But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid."

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid."

bibleoremus Mat 14:27

But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, "Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid."

But at once Jesus spoke to them: “Take heart! It is I; do not be afraid.”

biblegateway Mat 14:27

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid."

But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

biblegateway Mat 14:27

But immediately Jesus ¹  spoke to them: ²  “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

¹ tc Most witnesses have ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsous, “Jesus”), while a few lack the words (א* D 073 892 pc ff¹ sy^c sa bo). Although such additions are often suspect (due to liturgical influences, piety, or for the sake of clarity), in this case it is likely that ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς dropped out accidentally. Apart from a few albeit important witnesses, as noted above, the rest of the tradition has either ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς αὐτοῖς (Jo Ihsous autois) or αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (autois Jo Ihsous). In uncial letters, with Jesus’ name as a nomen sacrum, this would have been written as autoisois_ or ois_autois. Thus homoioteleuton could explain the reason for the omission of Jesus’ name.

² tn Grk “he said to them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.