Highlights
- Jesus went to the hills to pray
- He walked on the water demonstrating His divinity.
Mark 6:45-53
[45]At once Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to Bethsaida, on the other side of the lake, while he sent the crowd away.
[46]After saying goodbye to the people he went away to a hill to pray.
[47]When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the lake, while Jesus was alone on land.
[48]He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because they were rowing against the wind; so some time between three and six o’clock in the morning he came to them, walking on the water. He was going to pass them by,
[49]but they saw him walking on the water. “It’s a ghost!” they thought, and screamed.
[50]They were all terrified when they saw him.Jesus spoke to them at once, “Courage!” he said. “It is I. Don’t be afraid!”
[51]Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind died down. The disciples were completely amazed,
[52]because they had not understood the real meaning of the feeding of the 5,000; their minds could not grasp it.
[53]They crossed the lake and came to land at Gennesaret, where they tied up the boat.