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151:5.1 [[The multitude]] [[continued]] to increase throughout the week. On [[Sabbath]] [[Jesus]] hastened away to the hills, but when Sunday morning came, the crowds returned. [[Jesus]] spoke to them in the early afternoon after the [[preaching]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and when he had finished, he said to his [[apostles]]: " I am weary of the throngs; let us cross over to the other side that we may rest for a day. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_8]

151:5.1 [[The multitude]] [[continued]] to increase throughout the week. On [[Sabbath]] [[Jesus]] hastened away to the hills, but when Sunday morning came, the crowds returned. [[Jesus]] spoke to them in the early afternoon after the [[preaching]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and when he had finished, he said to his [[apostles]]: " I am weary of the throngs; let us cross over to the other side that we may rest for a day. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_8]

151:5.2 On the way across the [[lake]] they encountered one of those [[violent]] and sudden windstorms which are characteristic of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee], especially at this [[season]] of the year. This body of [[water]] is almost seven hundred feet below the level of the [[sea]] and is [[surrounded]] by high banks, especially on the west. There are steep gorges leading up from the lake into the hills, and as the heated air rises in a pocket over the lake during the day, there is a tendency after sunset for the cooling air of the gorges to rush down upon the lake. These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale gales] come on quickly and sometimes go away just as suddenly.[http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/asi/asi-09.html]

151:5.2 On the way across the [[lake]] they encountered one of those [[violent]] and sudden windstorms which are characteristic of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee], especially at this [[season]] of the year. This body of [[water]] is almost seven hundred feet below the level of the [[sea]] and is [[surrounded]] by high banks, especially on the west. There are steep gorges leading up from the lake into the hills, and as the heated air rises in a pocket over the lake during the day, there is a tendency after sunset for the cooling air of the gorges to rush down upon the lake. These [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale gales] come on quickly and sometimes go away just as suddenly.[https://www.ilec.or.jp/database/asi/asi-09.html]

151:5.3 It was just such an evening [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale gale] that caught the boat carrying [[Jesus]] over to the other side on this Sunday evening. Three other boats containing some of the younger [[evangelists]] were trailing after. This tempest was severe, notwithstanding that it was confined to this region of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee lake], there being no [[evidence]] of a storm on the western shore. The wind was so strong that the [[waves]] began to wash over the boat. The high [[wind]] had torn the sail away before [[the apostles]] could furl it, and they were now entirely dependent on their oars as they laboriously pulled for the shore, a little more than a mile and a half distant.

151:5.3 It was just such an evening [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale gale] that caught the boat carrying [[Jesus]] over to the other side on this Sunday evening. Three other boats containing some of the younger [[evangelists]] were trailing after. This tempest was severe, notwithstanding that it was confined to this region of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee lake], there being no [[evidence]] of a storm on the western shore. The wind was so strong that the [[waves]] began to wash over the boat. The high [[wind]] had torn the sail away before [[the apostles]] could furl it, and they were now entirely dependent on their oars as they laboriously pulled for the shore, a little more than a mile and a half distant.

151:5.4 Meanwhile [[Jesus]] lay [[asleep]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern stern] of the boat under a small overhead [[shelter]]. [[The Master]] was weary when they left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], and it was to secure [[rest]] that he had directed them to sail him across to the other side. These ex-fishermen were [[strong]] and [[experience]]d oarsmen, but this was one of the worst [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale gales] they had ever encountered. Although the [[wind]] and the [[waves]] tossed their boat about as though it were a toy ship, [[Jesus]] slumbered on undisturbed. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was at the right-hand oar near the stern. When the boat began to fill with [[water]], he dropped his oar and, rushing over to [[Jesus]], shook him [[vigorously]] in order to [[awaken]] him, and when he was aroused, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] said: " Master, don't you know we are in a [[violent]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm storm]? If you do not save us, we will all perish. "

151:5.4 Meanwhile [[Jesus]] lay [[asleep]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern stern] of the boat under a small overhead [[shelter]]. [[The Master]] was weary when they left [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], and it was to secure [[rest]] that he had directed them to sail him across to the other side. These ex-fishermen were [[strong]] and [[experience]]d oarsmen, but this was one of the worst [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale gales] they had ever encountered. Although the [[wind]] and the [[waves]] tossed their boat about as though it were a toy ship, [[Jesus]] slumbered on undisturbed. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was at the right-hand oar near the stern. When the boat began to fill with [[water]], he dropped his oar and, rushing over to [[Jesus]], shook him [[vigorously]] in order to [[awaken]] him, and when he was aroused, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] said: " Master, don't you know we are in a [[violent]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm storm]? If you do not save us, we will all perish. "

151:5.5 As [[Jesus]] came out in the rain, he looked first at [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and then peering into the [[darkness]] at the struggling oarsmen, he turned his glance back upon [[Simon Peter]], who, in his [[agitation]], had not yet returned to his oar, and said: " Why are all of you so filled with [[fear]]? Where is your [[faith]]? [[Peace]], be [[quiet]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_8] [[Jesus]] had hardly uttered this [[rebuke]] to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the other [[apostles]], he had hardly bidden Peter seek [[peace]] wherewith to [[quiet]] his troubled [[soul]], when the disturbed [[atmosphere]], having [[established]] its [[equilibrium]], settled down into a great [[calm]]. The [[angry]] [[waves]] almost [[immediately]] subsided, while the [[dark]] clouds, having spent themselves in a short shower, vanished, and the [[stars]] of [[heaven]] shone overhead. All this was [[purely]] [[coincidental]] as far as we can [[judge]]; but [[the apostles]], particularly [[Simon Peter]], never ceased to regard the [[episode]] as a [[nature]] [[miracle]]. It was especially easy for the men of that day to believe in [[nature]] [[miracles]] inasmuch as they firmly believed that all [[nature]] was a [[phenomenon]] directly under the [[control]] of [[spirit]] [[force]]s and [[supernatural]] [[beings]].

151:5.5 As [[Jesus]] came out in the rain, he looked first at [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and then peering into the [[darkness]] at the struggling oarsmen, he turned his glance back upon [[Simon Peter]], who, in his [[agitation]], had not yet returned to his oar, and said: " Why are all of you so filled with [[fear]]? Where is your [[faith]]? [[Peace]], be [[quiet]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_8] [[Jesus]] had hardly uttered this [[rebuke]] to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the other [[apostles]], he had hardly bidden Peter seek [[peace]] wherewith to [[quiet]] his troubled [[soul]], when the disturbed [[atmosphere]], having [[established]] its [[equilibrium]], settled down into a great [[calm]]. The [[angry]] [[waves]] almost [[immediately]] subsided, while the [[dark]] clouds, having spent themselves in a short shower, vanished, and the [[stars]] of [[heaven]] shone overhead. All this was [[purely]] [[coincidental]] as far as we can [[judge]]; but [[the apostles]], particularly [[Simon Peter]], never ceased to regard the [[episode]] as a [[nature]] [[miracle]]. It was especially easy for the men of that day to believe in [[nature]] [[miracles]] inasmuch as they firmly believed that all [[nature]] was a [[phenomenon]] directly under the [[control]] of [[spirit]] [[force]]s and [[supernatural]] [[beings]].

151:5.6 [[Jesus]] plainly [[explained]] to [[the twelve]] that he had [[spoken]] to their troubled spirits and had addressed himself to their [[fear]]-tossed [[minds]], that he had not commanded the [[elements]] to [[obey]] his [[word]], but it was of no avail. [[The Master]]'s followers always [[persisted]] in placing their own [[interpretation]] on all such [[coincidental]] occurrences. From this day on they insisted on regarding [[the Master]] as having [[absolute]] [[power]] over the [[natural]] elements. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] never grew weary of [[reciting]] how " even the [[winds]] and the [[waves]] [[obey]] him. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_8]

151:5.6 [[Jesus]] plainly [[explained]] to [[the twelve]] that he had [[spoken]] to their troubled spirits and had addressed himself to their [[fear]]-tossed [[minds]], that he had not commanded the [[elements]] to [[obey]] his [[word]], but it was of no avail. [[The Master]]'s followers always [[persisted]] in placing their own [[interpretation]] on all such [[coincidental]] occurrences. From this day on they insisted on regarding [[the Master]] as having [[absolute]] [[power]] over the [[natural]] elements. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] never grew weary of [[reciting]] how " even the [[winds]] and the [[waves]] [[obey]] him. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_8]

151:5.7 It was late in the evening when [[Jesus]] and his [[associates]] reached the shore, and since it was a [[calm]] and [[beautiful]] night, they all [[rested]] in the boats, not going ashore until shortly after sunrise the next [[morning]]. When they were gathered [[together]], about forty in all, [[Jesus]] said: " Let us go up into yonder hills and tarry for a few days while we [[ponder]] over the [[problems]] of [[the Father]]'s kingdom. "

151:5.7 It was late in the evening when [[Jesus]] and his [[associates]] reached the shore, and since it was a [[calm]] and [[beautiful]] night, they all [[rested]] in the boats, not going ashore until shortly after sunrise the next [[morning]]. When they were gathered [[together]], about forty in all, [[Jesus]] said: " Let us go up into yonder hills and tarry for a few days while we [[ponder]] over the [[problems]] of [[the Father]]'s kingdom. "

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[[Category:Paper 151 - Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside]]

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[[Category: Miracles]]

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