John 6:17

6:17 got into a boat, and started to cross the lake ¹  to Capernaum. ²  (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.) ³ 

John 6:19

6:19 Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, ⁴  they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, ⁵  approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

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¹ tn Or “sea.” See the note on “lake” in the previous verse.

² map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-C3; Map3-B2.

³ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

⁴ tn Grk “about twenty-five or thirty stades” (a stade as a unit of linear measure is about 607 feet or 187 meters).

sn About three or four miles. The Sea of Galilee was at its widest point 7 mi (11.6 km) by 12 mi (20 km). So at this point the disciples were in about the middle of the lake.

⁵ tn Or “sea.” See the note on “lake” in v. 16. John uses the phrase ἐπί (epi, “on”) followed by the genitive (as in Mark, instead of Matthew’s ἐπί followed by the accusative) to describe Jesus walking “on the lake.”