Elder Bruce
R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said the following about the
Savior’s awareness of His disciples’ toil to cross the Sea of Galilee in the
storm:
“From the
mountaintop where he prayed … , Jesus saw the peril and strugglings of his
beloved friends as they sought the safety of the western shore of the Galilean
lake. … His awareness of their plight must have come by the power of the Spirit
rather than the natural eye, for they were more than four—perhaps were five or
six—miles away. …
“… In some
eight or ten hours they traveled less than four miles from the shore.
“Their peril
was great. Even strong men cannot resist indefinitely the battering waves and
the rolling power of a storm at sea. It was now the fourth watch of the night,
sometime between three and six A.M. Jesus had left them to struggle and toil
till their strength was spent. Now he came to the rescue” (The Mortal Messiah,
4 vols. [1979–81], 2:358–59).
