go to “the other side,” the east side of the Sea of Galilee; it was less populated and thus potentially would afford more possibility for rest (cf. 3:9–10; 6:31–32). Verses 36–40 are told from the disciples’ point of view (Peter’s memory?). Note that the disciples take Jesus with them in the boat (v. 36); some of them, after all, are fishermen, and he is a carpenter. (But are we to understand that in this they are “leading” rather than “following” and thus courting disaster?) Verse 38 is full of