## (for he had been very lightly clothed) ##

This is background information. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

## (for they were not far from the land, about two hundred cubits off) ##

This is background information. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

## two hundred cubits ##

"ninety meters." A cubit was a little less than half a meter. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaldistance]])