Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Jesus walking on the water
Yet another miracle attributed to Jesus is walking on the sea. However, Matthew
14:22-33 together with John 6:16-22 go to show the hollowness of this claim too.
According to the account by Matthew, Jesus’ alleged walking on the sea occurred
when the disciples were travelling by boat immediately after the so-called feast of 5000.
Jesus himself stayed behind. The boat was half-way across the sea when the wind turned
against them. Then Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
The disciples were sent on their way by Jesus from the place at which the feasting
concoctedly took place. The place is even identified by name at Luke 9:10: “And when
the apostles returned, they recounted to him what things they had done. With that he took
them along and withdrew to privacy into a city called Bethsaida.”
Jesus carried out the reported feasting at Bethsaida. The place where the disciples
were sent by him just afterwards is also identified by name. This is in Mark 6:45: “As
soon as this (feeding of the 5000) was done, he prevailed upon his disciples to take ship
and cross to Bethsaida, on the other side, before him, leaving him to send the multitude
home.”
The alleged voyage during which Jesus performed the famous walk on the sea is
thus from Bethsaida to Bethsaida. In the final analysis it is from nowhere to nowhere.
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