[B-Greek] Walking on Water

Andrew C. Suttles andrew.suttles at gmail.com
Thu Mar 4 14:45:21 EST 2010


Richard Lindeman wrote (on Thu, 4 Mar 2010 at 13:10 -0600):

> PERIPATWN EPI THS THALASSHS  Mark 6:46
> 
> I've been having a discussion with a friend who contends that Jesus is 
> walking "by the sea" in the above passage rather than walking "upon the 
> sea".   I see that elsewhere St. Mark uses PARA THN THALASSAN when referring 
> to Jesus as walking "by the sea" to call the first disciples.  I also notice 
> also that the disciples of Jesus KATEBHSAN EPI THN THALASSAN in John 6:16. 
> This seems to me to imply that the disciples went down to the very edge of 
> the water in order to enter the boat.
> 
> So then, my question is this...  Just how plausible is "walking by the sea" 
> in Mark 6:46 ?

It's not, but we didn't need the Greek to find that out did we? Tell your friend
to stick to good English translations for a while.

Andrew




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