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Jesus himself is said to have followed them on foot. Where did he overtake them?
Matthew and Mark: “In the midst of the sea” ([Matt. xiv, 24–26]; [Mark vi, 47, 48]).
John: As they were nearing the land ([vi, 19–21]).
According to John, he walked entirely across the sea; according to Matthew and Mark, but half way across.
Christ’s walking on the sea was probably suggested by Job ([ix, 8]), who says God “treadeth upon the waves of the sea,” or, according to the Septuagint, “walking upon the sea as upon a pavement.”