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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Matthew describes in 14:34-36 what happened after Jesus walked on the water. He summarizes how the people were responding to Jesus's ministry.
-
 # When they had crossed over
 
 "When Jesus and his disciples had crossed over the lake"
 
 # Gennesaret
 
-This is a small town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
+This is a small town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee.