^6:45Immediately Jesus⁶¹ made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd. ^6:46After saying good-bye to them, he went to the mountain to pray. ^6:47When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land. ^6:48He⁶² saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending,⁶³ he came to them walking on the sea,⁶⁴ for⁶⁵ he wanted to pass by them.⁶⁶^6:49When they saw him walking on the water⁶⁷ they thought he was a ghost. They⁶⁸ cried out, ^6:50for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them:⁶⁹ “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.” ^6:51Then he went up with them into the boat, and the wind ceased. They were completely astonished, ^6:52because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

Healing the Sick

^6:53After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret⁷⁰ and anchored there. ^6:54As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus.⁷¹^6:55They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.⁷²^6:56And wherever he would go—into villages, towns, or countryside—they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if⁷³ they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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Footnotes

61 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
62 This verse is one complete sentence in the Greek text, but it has been broken into two sentences in English for clarity.
63 Grk “about the fourth watch of the night,” between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m.
64 Or “on the lake.”
65 The καί (kai) was translated so as to introduce a subordinate clause, i.e., with the use of “for.” See §442.9.
66 The statement he wanted to pass by them is somewhat difficult to understand. There are at least two common interpretations: (1) it refers to the perspective of the disciples, that is, from their point of view it seemed that Jesus wanted to pass by them; or (2) it refers to a theophany and uses the language of the Greek Old Testament () when God “passed by” Moses at Sinai (cf. Exod 33:19, 22). According to the latter alternative, Jesus is “passing by” the disciples during their struggle, in order to assure them of his presence with them. See W L. Lane, Mark (), 236.
67 Grk “on the sea,” “on the lake.” The translation “water” has been used here for stylistic reasons (cf. the same phrase in v. 48).
68 Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
69 Grk “he spoke with them, and said to them.”
70 Gennesaret was a fertile plain south of Capernaum (see also Matt 14:34). This name was also sometimes used for the Sea of Galilee (Luke 5:1).
71 Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
72 Grk “wherever they heard he was.”
73 Grk “asked that they might touch.”