Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 14:31-33

"And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and saith unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased. And they that were in the boat worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God." — Matthew 14:31-33 (ASV)

And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, of a truth thou art the Son of God.

They might well worship, for they had seen abundant proof of his deity. They worshipped him, saying, of a truth thou art the Son of God.

They could not have meant by this, "You are a superior person, an excellent character." They would not, if they were Jews, have worshipped a mere man; for of all things you have ever seen in this life, you have never seen a Jew who would worship any form that was visible to the eye.

The captivity of Babylon delivered the Hebrew race from idolatry altogether. They may fall into superstition of another sort, but never into idolatry. Mark that. There has not been since that time a man of Jewish race who would have worshipped Christ if he had not believed him to be God.