Wednesday Wanderer

The Man in the Boat

The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) record an event in which Jesus and his disciples got into a boat to sail “to the other side of the lake” (Luke 8:22; see Matt. 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25). The “other side of the lake” refers to the eastern side of the lake of Galilee. As they are sailing across, “a storm of wind” (Luke 8:23; Mark …