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.

<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.