walking on water

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1. A miraculous act performed by Jesus, according to the Gospels. They record that Jesus walked on the Sea of Galilee to rejoin his disciples, who had departed ahead of him in a ship. When he reached the ship, the winds that had been blowing stopped, and the disciples worshiped him as the true son of God.

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Figuratively, to “walk on water” is to perform an impossible or godlike task: “When I told him the project had to be done by Tuesday, he made me feel as though I were asking him to walk on water.”

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This makes Herald’s explosive and terrifying fit, in which he falls to the ground as if thrown by force, and relates a dark vision of bones walking on water, seem to come from nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

As the sun sets, it can look like people are walking on water.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

Jesus Shoes are hypebeast culture incarnate — there’s nothing more #rare than walking on water.

From The Verge ● Oct. 22, 2019

The fascination rubbed off on me because we were both in awe of women who could wear six-inch heels and teeter across the street as if they were walking on water.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2016

I thought walking on water would be interesting, but what good was that?

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd