It Is I; Do Not Be Afraid

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand · Mark 6

Story guide: Younger Gospel-era Peter answers Jesus outside the black-basalt synagogue while anonymous disciples walk away. This shared image is not a scene-for-scene rendering of Mark 6:45-52.

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45And immediately he compelled his disciples to get into the boat and go ahead to the other side, toward Bethsaida, until he himself dismissed the crowd.

46And after saying goodbye to them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

47And when evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land.

48And seeing them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea; and he intended to pass by them.

49But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and they cried out,

50For they all saw him and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them and says to them, “Take courage; I am; do not be afraid.”

51And he got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped. And they were utterly astonished within themselves,

52for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

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