With regards to Peter being naked: a theologian friend explained to me that it was common for fishermen in that region and in that time to "drop" a net over a school of fish. The net was weighed down by tying small weights to it. It was usually one person's "turn" to dive for those weights (these can still be found at the bottom of Lake Tiberius) and they would generally be wearing little as to be efficient at retrieving.
Similarly, when Christ is asleep during the storm, Mark details that he is sleeping on [a, the] cushion. Likely this was not a regular cushion or pillow, but a large bag of sand that generally functioned as a movable counterweight as the fishermen had to stand in different positions in the boat during fishing and required the vessel to be stable.
Reading the Gospels, I marvel at having read them multiple times, I still notice such details as if this were the first time. Recently our Sunday Gospel referred to Jairus as a Synagogue official. I had never noticed that detail and how significant that a Synagogue official would seek out an itinerant preacher to beg for her healing.
Thank you for adding more details. It’s like finding a buried treasure.
With regards to Peter being naked: a theologian friend explained to me that it was common for fishermen in that region and in that time to "drop" a net over a school of fish. The net was weighed down by tying small weights to it. It was usually one person's "turn" to dive for those weights (these can still be found at the bottom of Lake Tiberius) and they would generally be wearing little as to be efficient at retrieving.
Wow, that's fascinating!
Similarly, when Christ is asleep during the storm, Mark details that he is sleeping on [a, the] cushion. Likely this was not a regular cushion or pillow, but a large bag of sand that generally functioned as a movable counterweight as the fishermen had to stand in different positions in the boat during fishing and required the vessel to be stable.
I was going to throw that one in, but I'd never thought about this alternative reading of what the "cushion" actually was.
Reading the Gospels, I marvel at having read them multiple times, I still notice such details as if this were the first time. Recently our Sunday Gospel referred to Jairus as a Synagogue official. I had never noticed that detail and how significant that a Synagogue official would seek out an itinerant preacher to beg for her healing.
Thank you for adding more details. It’s like finding a buried treasure.
Wonderful wondering. Thankyou