When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia,{25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3 to 4 miles} they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.
6:19 three or four miles: Greek 25 or 30 stadia [4.6 or 5.5 kilometers]. A stadion was an eighth of a Roman mile, about 185 meters (607 feet). They were roughly halfway across the sea to Capernaum. The distance from the eastern shore to Capernaum was six miles or more.