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SBL Greek New Testament

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John 6

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john.6.seaWalk

περιπατοῦντα ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης

GRAMMARTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

Was Jesus walking on the sea—or at its surface?

After the disciples have rowed twenty-five or thirty stadia through rough water, they see Jesus approaching the boat in a manner that frightens them.

Why this default

“Walking on the sea” is default because epi with the genitive can locate movement upon a surface and the narrative plainly presents Jesus traversing the water. “Upon” preserves more formal spatial wording, while “over” can suggest movement suspended above it.

Evidence

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Project defaultwalking on the sea

Project default · contextual surface reading

Alternativewalking upon the sea

Formal spatial wording

Alternativewalking over the sea

Movement above foregrounded

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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