ἐφοβήθησαν φ. μ.: nearly the same phrase as in Jonah 1:16. τίς ἄρα οὗτός, who then is this? One would have thought the disciples had been prepared by this time for anything. Matthew indeed has οἱ ἄνθρωποι, suggestive of other than disciples, as if such surprise in them were incongruous. But their emotional condition, arising out of the dangerous situation, must be taken into account. For the rest Jesus was always giving them surprises; His mind and character had so many sides. ὑπακούει, singular, the wind and the sea thought of separately, each a wild lawless element, not given to obeying: even the wind, even the sea, obeys Him!

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