and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.

 (i) They judged things by human values and by external standards. Their reaction in face of the claim of Jesus was to produce the fact that he was a carpenter's son and that they had seen him grow up in Nazareth. They were unable to understand how one who was a tradesman and who came from a poor home could possibly be a special messenger from God. 