# they had rowed

Boats usually had two, four, or six people rowing with rowers on each side working together. Your culture may have different ways of making a boat go across a large body of water.

# about twenty-five or thirty stadia

A "stadium" is 185 meters. AT: "about five or six kilometers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bdistance]])

# Do not be afraid

"Stop being afraid!"

# they were willing to receive him into the boat

It is implied that Jesus gets into the boat. AT: "they gladly received him into the boat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])