“And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.”
That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, let us go over to the other side — the storm stilling that follows is introduced by Jesus' own initiative: he proposes crossing the lake. The other side is the Decapolis region — Gentile territory. The crossing is not accidental but purposive: Jesus is heading toward the demon-possessed man of chapter 5, toward Gentile mission territory. The evening timing creates the darkness in which the storm becomes most frightening. Let us go over — the disciples are included; they will cross together.