“And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.”
Where is your faith? he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him — where is your faith: the question is diagnostic, not accusatory. The fear and amazement (phobēthentes de ethaumasan, they feared and marveled) produces the right question: who is this? The disciples' question is the chapter's recurring question about Jesus' identity — who is this who forgives sins, who is this who commands storms.
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