Well, if hundreds of walking dead doesn't make any sense (zombie alert!), the rest of it isn't going to be any more. Paul, if that was his real name, was a con man, that produced con men.
By the way, my 17-year old step-son wanted to check out an ATV in safed yesterday, so we drove up there (I talked him out of it!). We stopped at the kinerret, aka "Sea of Galilee". When most people read of Jesus in a boat in a storm, they may not realize that the "sea" is smaller than most USA lakes. It's about 8 miles wide at it's widest point, and half of that for most of it's length. Secondly, the widest area, in the north, is surrounded by high hills. (See video below where the guy was photographing from one side and you can see the other and the surrounding hills..
Even in a storm, the waves, because of the surrounding hills doesn't really get that bad. Some waves, but nothing huge. Granted, the MDA (the Jewish Red Star (versus "cross")) has to rescue about a dozen tourists a year who either can't swim, don't swim well, or get hurt skiing, but you'd think some tough sailors 2000 years ago could have been able to get his boat inland a mile or two, or just swim the thing if it tipped. Not panic with "OH MY GOD! THERE'S A WAVE! [splish]".
Maybe they ate a lot and were afraid of cramps.
In the year 2000, the tourist bureau installed a plexiglass walkway just under the water so you could get photos of yourself doing the "Jesus walk". My guess is that he was close to shore already, stood on a nearby rock and said "Hey crybabies, get out of the damn boat!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIvwhn5CWuQ
By the way, my 17-year old step-son wanted to check out an ATV in safed yesterday, so we drove up there (I talked him out of it!). We stopped at the kinerret, aka "Sea of Galilee". When most people read of Jesus in a boat in a storm, they may not realize that the "sea" is smaller than most USA lakes. It's about 8 miles wide at it's widest point, and half of that for most of it's length. Secondly, the widest area, in the north, is surrounded by high hills. (See video below where the guy was photographing from one side and you can see the other and the surrounding hills..
Even in a storm, the waves, because of the surrounding hills doesn't really get that bad. Some waves, but nothing huge. Granted, the MDA (the Jewish Red Star (versus "cross")) has to rescue about a dozen tourists a year who either can't swim, don't swim well, or get hurt skiing, but you'd think some tough sailors 2000 years ago could have been able to get his boat inland a mile or two, or just swim the thing if it tipped. Not panic with "OH MY GOD! THERE'S A WAVE! [splish]".
Maybe they ate a lot and were afraid of cramps.
In the year 2000, the tourist bureau installed a plexiglass walkway just under the water so you could get photos of yourself doing the "Jesus walk". My guess is that he was close to shore already, stood on a nearby rock and said "Hey crybabies, get out of the damn boat!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIvwhn5CWuQ
“I've done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!"— Ned Flanders
