Matthew 14:24. But the boat was already in the midst of the sea. When Jesus came to them, they were ‘about twenty-five or thirty furlongs' from shore (John 6:19), i.e., about the middle of the lake. When Jesus came to them; they were ‘about twenty-five or thirty furlongs' from shore (John 6:19), i.e. about the middle of the lake.

Distressed, or ‘vexed,' by the waves. The storm had arisen after they started (John 6:18).

For the wind was contrary. It is most probable that they put out into the lake, and steering for (eastern) Bethsaida, were driven out into the middle of the lake by an easterly wind. Their ‘toiling in rowing' (Mark 6:48) seems far more natural, if they were trying to meet the Lord at the appointed place. Had they been steering for the western shore (as some suppose), they might have turned back and gone to Him with a contrary (west) wind.

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