Be not afraid (μη φοβεισθε). Prohibition with μη and present middle imperative of φοβεομα. So in Mr 6:50 ([Reference Matthew 14:27…

See the same words in Mark 6:50. Saint Matthew’s account is more full here, adding the trial of Saint Peter’s faith.

And when evening was now come, his disciples went down to the sea, and entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was …

The Venerable Bede: The crowd, concluding from such a great miracle that He was merciful and powerful, wanted to make Him a kin…

The disciples were still a considerable distance from the shore at Capernaum (cf. Mark 6:47). As they looked back, they were terrified t…

It is I: be not terrified. From this, we learn that it is in Christ’s presence alone that we have abundant grounds for confidence, so that…

But he says to them, it is I, be not afraid.
(See Gill on Matthew 14:27).

Here were Christ's disciples in the way of duty, and Christ was praying for them; yet they were in distress. There may be perils and afflictions of…

1. Previously, the Evangelist told us about the miracle of the loaves and fishes. Now he shows the threefold effect this miracle had on the …