They were terrified and asked each other, who is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him — the disciples' response is a second terror, qualitatively different from the first. The storm-fear was the natural response to a life-threatening situation; the post-miracle terror (ephobesan mega, they feared greatly) is the response to an encounter with the divine. Who is this? is the chapter's culminating question, posed by those who are closest to Jesus and still most confused about his identity. The answer the disciples cannot yet speak is given by the question itself: only the Creator commands the creation. Even the wind and the sea obey him — the elements that obey God in Psalm 107:29 now obey Jesus.

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