“So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.”
When they had rowed about three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified. — the distance (trichos stadian, three furlongs ≈ 600 yards) indicates the boat is in open water. Jesus' walking on water (peripata epi tou hudatos) constitutes violation of natural law and signals divine presence.
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