Jesus Walked On Water: True Fales?

Question

So Jesus walked on water in the middle of the ocean:

Well thats pretty cool, being I did the same thing this past summer, when I was in Hawai, as a matter of fact, a lot of us did, see in the middle of the ocean there was a Ice-Berg.

And we all, well all who wanted to, was able to get of the ship and walk on it, and just like Jesus, I walked on water in the middle of the ocean!!!!! And yes it was frozen water, but Christ never said, the water he walked on wasn't frozen also, you all, just assumed it wasn't frozen, or maybe never even thought about it!!!!

So explain this one!!!!

Answer 1

I believe the Bible is the inspired word of God, yet I believe that it is filled with parables, or stories like fables. They all have a deeper meaning. Ant's and a grasshopper did not really have a conversation, but being prepared is quite a real concept.

I believe that what Jesus walking on water means, among other things, is have faith and trust in him.

The idea that anyone would try to prove anything in the bible scientifically is absurd. I don't believe Noah built an arc, but i believe that in the past, an old system of thought died (sinners who drowned) and a new one came about (Noah and family).

I don't believe Jesus walked on water, but I believe in the message it teaches.

Answer 2

1.) It wasn't an ocean it was the sea of Galilee, which isn't even really a sea, more of a big lake that's about 30 miles by 8 miles.
2.) the climate in Israel is not such that water can freeze. At all. So if Jesus did walk on frozen water, it would STILL be a miracle.
3.) How would the part where Peter looks down and sees that he's walking on water and he begins to fall be described? Thin ice? If the "ice" were thin enough, Jesus would fall too, and the boat would not be able to float.

Answer 3

True, but how does one explain a miracle?

The Bible says Jesus walked on water on the Sea of Galilee.
(It's actually a small lake, not an ocean at all.) There are no iceburgs in the Galilee, although like the Bible says, fierce storms can come up on it without warning. (I was there in '96 and again in '02).

But more to the point, it sounds like you question the miracle, and therefore, question God's Word. Like all the miracles that Jesus performed, they would not be miracles if they were everyday occurrences.

Christians worship Jesus precisely because He is God incarnate (in the flesh of human form.) The miracles He accomplished are all prophesied about in the Old Testament. If people worship some other god, then he must not be doing miraculous things, merely everyday leadings, like Confucius, or Buddha, or any of dozens of others. Only God can accomplish things that are otherwise illogical to the human mind. Like walking on water; like making the lame to walk, the blind to see, and the deaf to hear.

If you question miracles, then what else about the Bible do you question? For believers, the Bible is not a menu from which we choose what to believe and what to deny.

You chose to believe only what you can explain and understand.
Believers choose to believe by faith, without necessarily understanding.

Answer 4

This particular detail about the life of Jesus was most likely fabricated during the oral transmissions of the early gospels. The gospel spread as an oral tradition for many decades before it was committed to writing. Another point to keep in mind is that the apostles themselves did not write the gospels, rather these written stories were attributed to the apostle who was purported to have told the story originally.

Remember that Mickey Mouse cartoon where he is sent to slay a giant because a story told about him was blown out of proportion through multiple tellings... The gospel accounts are no different.

Answer 5

Sounds like you're trying to put logic to something that can't necessarily be explained with logic. However, what you're saying could be true, and the fact he made a portion of the water in that part of the world turn to ice is a miracle also. Either way, a miracle occurred.

Answer 6

It's truly amazing how few people will actually go out of their way to give a rudimentary check on challenges to their favorite prejudices.

From Doron Nof, a professor of oceanography (an Israeli native):
"The records indicated that two lengthy periods 2,500 to 1,500 years ago were chilly enough for ice patches to form during cold spells on the Sea of Galilee."

For crying out loud folks, this is ALL public record. Maybe it's not right, but it certainly merits a peek before we tell each other how "sure" we are it "can't be.."

Answer 7

LMAO!!! Apparently you didn't read it either. It wasn't the ocean, lol, it was the Sea of Galilee as Jesus and his disciples were getting ready to SAIL ACROSS to Bethsaida. Mark6:48-50. They were in a desert in a inland body of water. There was no way of an iceberg getting close to them. Think about that!

Answer 8

Now an iceberg in the dead sea that I'd have to see. Although I must admit I have just read something from a brain dead person.

An ice berg at Hawai too?????? Well I guess that's the global warming that Bush and his conservative friends say doesn't exist.

Answer 9

It was done in the middle of a raging storm and the Mediterranean is not noted for frozen waters at any time fo the year

Answer 10

Honestly, I don't care what you say, it's true, Jesus walked on water, whether you like it or not. because the Bible said Jesus walked on water, and that's what He did. If Jesus walked on Ice than the Bible would specify that Jesus walked on ice, but it said water not ice. If you want to doubt God, than you can. But the Bible is the truth... Jesus said, " Father, they are not of this world even as I am not of this world, sanctify them through thy truth, Thy WORD IS THY TRUTH!!!!"