We can better understand the beauty and depth of God’s Word when we experience the interconnectedness of the Old and New Testaments.
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The Gospel of Mark contains two gripping stories of Jesus performing miracles on the Sea of Galilee.
In the first miracle, Jesus famously stills the raging sea (4:35–41). In the second miracle, Jesus walks on the sea to reach the stranded disciples, and the storm dies down (6:47–52). This second event contains an odd line that often causes readers of Mark’s Gospel to scratch their heads: “[Jesus] saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Very early in the morning he came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them” (v. 48, CSB, emphasis added).
