And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Quand les disciples le virent marcher sur la mer, ils furent troublés, et dirent: C'est un fantôme! Et, dans leur frayeur, ils poussèrent des cris.
KJV
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
John of Ephesus
Ecclesiastical History
hering the raging seas is a very old image and has connections to the account in Matthew 8:23–27 and Matthew 14:24–33, describing how Jesus twice calmed storms when he was sailing on the Lake of Galilee. The metaphor was employed by various church fathers (starting around 200 CE…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 134 (Migne)
li videntes Dominum ambulantem supra mare, putaverunt phantasma esse, et clamaverunt (Marc. VI, 49; Matth. XIV, 26) ; et Petrus videns supra fluctus dixit: Domine, si tu es, jube me venire ad te, etc. (Matth. XIV, 28.) Quorum finis erat, etc. Sicut interit venter, et ea quae ve…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 164 (Migne)
patrem et matrem, et uxorem, et filios, adhuc autem et animam suam, non potest meus esse discipulus (Matth. XIV, 26) .» Et certe omnia haec, quae utique amanda sunt, si ad [Col. 0707C] peccata nos trahere et a Deo separare voluerint, odienda sunt. Talibus igitur et taliter irasc…
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