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17. ἤρχοντο. The imperfect expresses their continued efforts to reach Capernaum. S. Mark says ‘unto Bethsaida,’ which was close to Capernaum. See on Mat 4:13; Luk 5:1.
οὔπω. Not yet, implying that they expected Him. Perhaps they had arranged to meet Him at some place along the shore. He is training them gradually to be without His visible presence; in the earlier storm He was with them (Mat 8:23-26). The description is singularly graphic. Darkness had come on; their Master was not there; a storm had burst on them, and the lake was becoming very rough: 25 or 30 furlongs would bring them about ‘the midst of the sea’ (Mar 6:47), which is 6 or 7 miles across. Many travellers have testified to the violent squalls to which the lake is subject.