The Sign on the Lake; Walking on the Water

16. when even was now come S. Matthew (Matthew 14:15; Matthew 14:23) makes two evenings; this was in accordance with Jewish custom. It is the second evening that is here meant, from 6 p.m. to dark.

went down From Matthew 14:22 and Mark 6:45 we learn that Christ -constrained" His disciples to embark: this points either to their general unwillingness to leave Him, or to their having shared the wish to make Him a king by force. S. Luke omits the whole incident.

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