MATTHEW 14:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.”
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid. The immediate reassurance — take heart, it is I, do not be afraid — is structured as three short commands that address the disciples' fear. The it is I is the ego eimi of the Greek — literally I am, which echoes the divine self-identification of Exodus 3:14. Whether the I am is simply identification or divine self-revelation, the effect is the same: the one the disciples feared is the one who commands them not to fear.
Church Fathers on Matthew 14:27
aug ht him, and said unto him, '0 thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?'
Catena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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