lake criss crossing- 5:21

There's a bit of criss crossing going on here over the lake. I'd say we're in the next day- so they spent a night in the region of the Gerasenes- and then get asked to move on, like when you're travelling around and camp near a park in town, or maybe like Gypsies- Not very high up in the social hierarchy. They had a massive day the previous day- was going across the lake a chance for them all to recuperate a little before going on? There are other times when Jesus does this- and on that occasion the crowds find them pretty quickly- Jesus looks at them and has compassion on them (great word- splangchnizomai). It would seem that they are often getting thwarted- and that plans have to change accordingly. Good to remember this- that they weren't walking around in a vacuum- but often and increasingly like outcasts- and as they went on Jesus had to be careful of where he chose to go (hence Tyre and Sidon?) so as not to be arrested before the opportune time.
He comes back to somewhere near Capernaum and the reception is somewhat different to his last – a demon possessed tomb roving man, to a great crowd. Were there people on the lookout for him as he came back? It would have only been the day before most of them were listening to Jesus, as he sat in the boat and taught them. What about the local economy? I suppose full days of teaching didn't always happen- perhaps not even the majority of the time- were there times where Jesus talked during lunch break- did they have siesta's? I suppose word of mouth, was the way news travelled most of the time in this area.
There were times when the crowd sat and listened to Jesus for three days- and pretty well had no food for that time- How does that work in terms of where they stayed- did they just camp out?
Definitely a world away from modern Australia.