Did Jesus Get His Feet Wet?

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Had some distractions last week, like, root canals and totaling the car.

So, let's have some fun!

When there was a plot to kidnap Jesus and make him king (John 6:15), Jesus sent his disciples away by boat, perhaps to protect them from harm. The disciples were battling adverse winds, when they looked back and said, "WHAT'S THAT? It's a ghost!"

No, not a ghost. It was Jesus, walking on water. But did Jesus get his feet wet when he was walking on water? I say no, but some paintings of this event (and some movies) show his feet IN the water, not ON the water. Let's look into this.

Here's some grebes doing their famous "water-walking" courtship dance, They're moving their feet 14 times a second to stay upright, and they're definitely getting wet. I suppose Jesus could have moved his feet 14 times per second, but I don't think he did.

And here's some porpoises doing their own "walter-walking" trick, and getting wet in the process. Anyway, they don't have feet to walk with so they don't count.

Here's the so-called "Jesus Lizard" who can apparently walk on water. He's splashy, but a lot less wet than the grebes. Perhaps he's taking advantage of the surface tension of the  water?

And here's some kind of insect, definitely using surface tension to stay above the water, but he needs to flap his wings to provide locomotion. He's not walking, he's skating. Para-sailing?

A wasp can sit motionless upon the water--definitely using surface tension--while she takes a drink. But can she propel herself, or does she have to start flying to move?

Here's a spider that can sit on the water. I don't know if he can propel himself. The spiders I know have a really tough time with water.

Here's a beetle at rest using surface tension.

And here's the familiar Water Strider. We see them in droves on standing water and in the eddies of flowing streams. This is her native habitat, and she can propel herself across the water with a flick of a leg or two.

So here's my conception of Jesus walking on water. He does not sink into the water, and he does not do any 14-per-second thrashings.

My take is that Jesus used the natural surface tension of the water to catch up with the disciples. In fact, he was planning on passing them by and getting to land before them.

Surface Tension, huh? Does that mean that just anybody should be able to walk on water?

The answer is no, unless you are Jesus or you were Peter and had more faith and confidence than Peter had.

So, one would wonder, did Mother Mary have any problems with Jesus when it came to bath time?