How long would it take to sail across the lake? The lake is 21 kilometres long and 11 kilometres wide. So if Gergasa were at the south end of the lake it would be about 20 kilometres in a straight line and if it were in the other spot at the north west area of the lake it looks like it would be somewhere around 6. I can't imagine they'd sail any faster than the puffin- I'd think a bit slower. 20 k's would have to take at least 2 hours wouldn't it? 6 a bit under an hour? Did the wind come back up after the squall? It had been commanded to cease- did they row the rest of the way?
How long does evening last? What sort of time frame would that cover for them?
I suppose if it was summer and you left at 5 and got there at 8 there would still be enough light.
Do swine feed at that sort of hour? Has Mark spliced two trips together- or are we still in the same day as the parable teaching and the storm?
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What were swine doing in Israel?
ReplyDeleteThey weren't. They were in the Decapolis.
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