“And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.”
got into a boat, and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. — the explicit note that Jesus had not joined them creates suspense and sets up his miraculous arrival. Darkness (skotos) carries symbolic freight in John: the realm of non-belief, confusion, danger.
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