The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
27. But the men wondered Mark and Luke appear to say this in reference to the apostles; for, after having stated that Christ reproved them, they add that they cried out with fear, Who is this? It applies, however, more properly to others, who had not yet known Christ.
Christ chose the sea deliberately to reveal Himself as God over all creation. Those who truly follow Him must be willing to go with Him into peril and difficulty, not merely walk the safe land-way; discipleship means venturing wherever He leads, ship or prison alike.
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Commenting on Matthew 8:23-27
And when he was come to the other side,.... Of the lake, or sea of Tiberias, right over against Galilee, into the country of Gergesenes, the same with the Girgashites, Gen 15:21 whom Joshua drove out of the land of Canaan; and who, as a Jewish writer (l) says, left their country to the Israelites, and went to a country, which is called to this...