John 6:15-25

New American Standard Bible

Jesus Walks on the Water

¹⁵ So Jesus, aware that they ^[a]intended to come and take Him by force ^(A)to make Him king, ^(B)withdrew again to ^(C)the mountain by Himself, alone.

¹⁶ Now when evening came, His ^(D)disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷ and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea ^(E)to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸ In addition, the sea began getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing. ¹⁹ Then, when they had rowed about ^[b]twenty-five or thirty stadia, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat; and they were frightened. ²⁰ But He *said to them, “It is I; ^[c](F)do not be afraid.” ²¹ So they were willing to take Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

²² The next day ^(G)the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there except one, and that Jesus ^(H)had not gotten into the boat with His disciples, but that His disciples had departed alone. ²³ Other small boats came from ^(I)Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the ^(J)Lord ^(K)had given thanks. ²⁴ So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats and ^(L)came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus. ²⁵ And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “^(M)Rabbi, when did You get here?”