foot. On a windless day, or with a contrary wind, a boat might take some time to make the passage, and an energetic person could walk round the top of the lake and be there before the boat arrived. That is exactly what happened; and when Jesus and his disciples stepped out of the boat, the very crowd from which they had sought some little peace was there waiting for them. Any ordinary man would have been intensely annoyed. The rest Jesus so much desired and which he had so well earned was denied