Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd<n id="1" /> would not press toward him.

So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats<n id="1" /> and came to Capernaum<n id="2" /> looking for Jesus.p>

Meanwhile the other disciples came with the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake<n id="1" /> realized that only one small boat<n id="2" /> had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded<n id="3" /> it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.