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When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea.
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NEW TESTAMENT
All chapters John 6:16–21
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17
They entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
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18
The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing.
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19
When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.
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Verse 19. Five and twenty or thirty furlongs. About three or four miles.
25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3 to 4 miles
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20
But he said to them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
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or, I AM
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21
They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
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Verse 21. In S. Matthew 14:26. and Saint Mark 6:51. we find that Jesus entered into the boat. Saint John does not deny it; but he remarks a circumstance not notice by the others: The vessel was presently at the land. V.
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