Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 14:32

"And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased." — Matthew 14:32 (ASV)

The wind ceased—St. Mark adds that they were "beyond measure astonished" at the sudden lull. For the most part, these mountain squalls died away gradually and left the waves rough. Here, the wind ceased in a moment, and it ceased as their Lord entered the boat.

He gives a significant reason for their astonishment: For they reflected not on the loaves, for their heart was hardened. This was the later analysis the disciples made of their feelings on that night. Had they understood all the divine creative energy that the miracle of the loaves involved, nothing afterward—not even walking on the waves or the lulling of the storm—would have seemed startling to them.