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John 6:1–21

5/24/2012

 
Click here to read today's passage on Bible Gateway.

Jesus Walks on Water
"While Jesus leaves for the mountains of upper Galilee, the disciples set sail, heading for the lake’s northeast shore. After rowing three or four miles, a storm catches them in the middle of the lake. As noted above, such east/west winds are common on this sea, and fishermen watched for them carefully. Their fear of the rough water, however, was surpassed by their terror at seeing Jesus walking to them on the water (6:19). Again, we have another motif from the Old Testament—a water miracle—that reminds us of the moment when Moses led Israel through the water (Ex. 13–15). Psalm 77 describes this moment in Israel’s life and explains that it was in fact God who led them.

    The waters saw you, O God,
      the waters saw you and writhed;
      the very depths were convulsed.…
    Your path led through the sea,
      your way through the mighty waters,
      though your footprints were not seen.
    You led your people like a flock
      by the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Ps. 77:16, 19–20)" [1]

Jesus has already offered proof that He is God:  the approval of the  Father, the witness of the Old Testament, miracles of healing, and more.  Here is yet another proof:  He is in command of creation.  Who else is in command except Him who created?  No one.

[1] Gary M. Burge, NIV Application Commentary: John (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2000), 195.
Andrei
5/24/2012 06:34:09 pm

This gravy train is churning at maximum speed! Nice

I actually had a question about verse 15. The part about making Jesus king by force seemed new; I don't think that was mentioned in other Gospels? Is this another case of Jesus withdrawing because He knows it's not time yet or something?

Greg
5/25/2012 04:03:24 am

It is new, at least in a statement that obvious. You see traces of this in other places, like when Peter says that Jesus shouldn't die and Jesus says "Get behind me Satan!" and some other places, but this is one of the most explicit statements about their intent to force Him to be a political Messiah. Jesus withdraws because this is a LONG way from being the time for that. He will be a "political" king at the end of all things and will reign over the New Earth. We see Jesus withdrawing a lot for various reasons, and I think that this time is to give the people time to calm down. Also, it could possibly be Jesus fleeing temptation, but we can't know for sure the specific reasons.


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