Unto the other side - Jesus was now in Capernaum, a city at the northwest corner of the Sea of Tiberias, or Sea of Galilee. See the notes at Matthew 4:18. The country to which he purposed to go was the region on the east of the Sea of Tiberias.
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Matthew 8:18
18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.