which had been chained through fear were loosed at once, and all demanded of Sadoc,
“What spirit hast thou seen? Whom hath Jehovah sent to hush the storm?”
“Hasten, hasten!” was his reply, as he seized an oar. The vessel clave the waters swiftly, but the other ship was already at Bethsaida.
As soon as they approached the land, Sadoc leaped forth upon the beach, and heard from some who were already gathered together, that the Prophet had gone with his disciples into a desert place, whither the inhabitants of Bethsaida would follow, that he might teach them and heal their sick.
“We saw him retire to the place of prayer on the mountain on the further shore so late as the first watch of yesternight,” said one of Sadoc’s companions. “And ours was the last vessel which hath crossed.”
“It was so,” replied Sadoc: “yet the Teacher is here. It was he whom I beheld as a spirit. It was he who hushed the storm.”
Sadoc hastened towards the desert place, that he might again learn of the Prophet; but,
