[R. Scott]

I’ve seen this on several news programs and find a few things wrong with it.
1. The disciples left from the shore, the water was not yet frozen.
2. Jesus walked out to the boat “during the 4th watch of the night” – not enough time for the lake to freeze enough to walk on.
3. Not only did Peter step from the boat for his water walk, but after Jesus saved him they both stepped back into the boat. This would have required the boat to be alongside the ice sheet during a storm with high winds.
These men weren’t weekend sailors. They were professional commercial fishermen. No way they would have brought a sailing boat alongside a thick ice sheet during a storm.

[Raycpa]

The 4th watch is the last 3 hours before sunrise.

In any case, this tangent removes the key message in this story. At the time these men were struggling and "going nowhere" and fighting their storm in cold darkness , God himself was praying at the top of a mountain. Physically Jesus was far removed from the men. This also demonstrates on a spiritual level how far removed these men were from God.

Then something special happened. God came down from the mountain and broke through physical and spiritual barriers to join these men. These men did nothing to move closer to Jesus, their relationship physically and spiritually was changed by Jesus.

At the end of the story all the men in the boat are worshiping Jesus. This little story summarizes all of Christian theology.

[tomjohn77]

BTW a lake cannot freeze thick enough ice during one night. I know since I live by a lake in Norway. It takes at least several days or a couple of weeks before the ice gets thick enough to support a human being. I bet Israel didnt have the same Winter weather as we do. So my conclusion is that the ice never will be thick enough to support a human being. First you have to cool the lake down an that takes a long time of cold weather and then it has to freeze.