MATTHEW 14:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?”
Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him: O you of little faith, why did you doubt? The immediate rescue — Jesus reaching out his hand — precedes the gentle rebuke. The little-faith address (oligopiste, the singular form of the plural used in Matthew 8:26) is not a condemnation but an observation: Peter had faith enough to get out of the boat but not enough to complete the walk. The why did you doubt is the invitation to the full faith that would have completed the journey.
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