MATTHEW 14:28 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.”
And Peter answered him: Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water. Peter's request — if it is you, command me to come — is the impulsive response characteristic of Peter throughout the Gospels. The request is not mere bravado but faith seeking verification: if it is truly Jesus who is walking on the water, then Jesus has authority over the water, and Peter wants to share in that authority through Jesus' command.
Church Fathers on Matthew 14:28
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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