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Summit ChurchThe reason we do not understand this story is that we do not read it like a first century Jew. Upon seeing their rabbi walk upon the water, immediately, the disciples would have thought of Genesis chapter one. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Those churning black waters in Genesis one are a metaphor for chaos and disorder. And so in that moment, these terrified Jews are like, dude, this is the same supreme being in Genesis chapter one. This is him, the almighty eternal creator of the universe.