How Does Jesus Send The Apostle By Themselves Into The Storm

Christ is the God of surprises and often does the unexpected in amazing ways (Jn 11: 1-6). He does so, in order to teach important lessons. In this case, the Lord had just fed five thousand people. Yet, it is not the only thing that He does to amaze individuals. Right after, he multiples the loaves and the fish, Jesus sends the Apostles to embarked into the Sea of Galilee to get to Bethsaida, while He goes up to the mountain to pray. The question here is why Does Christ send the Apostle by themselves into the Storm?

The pericope that Mark presents tells us that after the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fish, “He, [Jesus], made his disciples get into the boat” (Mark 6: 45). The verb “made” (hnagkasen, enankasen) is quite strong

But how was he attempting to do so? What is the distance between the two points? It is an inquiry that some commentators have come to the conclusion that the distance between the two points was quite long. However, there are other commentators that suggests, and the one which seems more likely, that Jesus was sending the disciples to a near city. This hypothesis is much likely when one considers that there was not another boat. If the Lord was actually instructing the disciples to cross the Sea of Galilee, how would He pretending to reach out to the disciples? If there is not another boat, He could only do so by land. Therefore, it may be concluded that at this time Jesus was sending the disciples only to cross a short distance where he could easily reached them on

Obviously, this part of the story expresses that several hours had passed since they departed from the shore. The boat, with the disciples on board, was in the midst of the sea. What were they doing there, if the Lord had commanded them to cross to the other side and wait for Him at Bethsaida? John the evangelist might help to respond this question. In John it is read that the disciples were crossing the Sea to Capernaum (John 6: 17). Apparently, the disciples obeyed the Lord by going to Bethsaida. However, given that Jesus did not arrive and was already getting dark, they decided to cross the Sea again but now towards Capernaum. It was during this journey that not only the overnight, but also a strong wind. Likewise, the evangelist seems to want to establish a contrast between the disciples, who were amidst the Sea, and Jesus, who was on solid ground. In this sense, the level of faith and obedience between the disciples and Jesus are so greatly marked by the