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Jesus Walk On Water In The Gospel Of Mark

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The most noticeable difference in the accounts of Jesus walking on water, is that the disciple Peter isn't mentioned in the Gospel of Mark; whereas in the Gospel of Matthew, Peter gets out of the boat and walks on the water to go towards Jesus. However, the actual difference between the gospels of Mark and Matthew is the variation between the twelve disciples and the way the disciples in Mark obeyed Jesus’ request to go on ahead to the other side whereas the disciples in Matthew did not. Ultimately, in the gospel of Matthew the disciples aren’t working to do what Jesus has told them to do and as a result Jesus walking on water is part of the disciples failure to listen to him when they are apart from each other. In both Mark and Matthew, …show more content…

Bethsaida which is stated in the Gospel of Mark is considered the "house of fish" or "house of fishermen" is located at the north east end of the Sea of Galilee. Among the disciples were fisherman who were well aware of the phenomenon of a stormy lake and as fishermen they should be accustomed to a storm at sea. In Mark they were fully engaged and rowing hard towards Bethsaida even though they were not making much progress. Mark’s gospel specifically states that, “the boat was out on the lake” referring to the disciples actually being in the boat and rowing out at sea. It is significant that the Gospel of Mark states that they were “straining at the oars” for the simple fact that they had a tool to help row in the lake. Regardless of how the Gospel of Matthew illustrates the same story, it is an unknown fact whether the disciples literally got into the boat or not. Matthew specifically states, “but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land for the wind was against them” (14:24). Unlike Mark where Jesus alone on the land truly saw that they were “straining at the oars against the adverse wind” (6:48). With clarity, in Mark it states that the disciples were in the boat and struggling against an adverse wind but in Matthew it states that the boat was being battered by the waves, and far from the land; not stating if the disciples were definitely in the boat and out at sea. The problem now, is that if in Matthew’s gospel the disciples were not in the boat but were still on land because of the wind, this reveals the fact that the disciples did not listen to Jesus. Jesus specifically told them to go on to the other side while he went up the mountain himself and prayed and as disciples they should listen to

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