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whom you don't need remember,and one of his students
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wrote a very famous article published in the 1950s
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in which they analyzed this story.
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And they said,if you read this carefully
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this story's not about Jesus walking on the water and
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stilling the storm and that sort of thing,
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this is a story Matthew intends for you to see the boat
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it's almost it's like an allegory,it's almost like an allegory.
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The boat represents the church,
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and Matthew sees the church as being persecuted,
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we've seen that theme throughout Matthew.
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Jesus prophesied the disciples would be persecuted.