‘And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost,” and they cried out for fear.'

Quite naturally when the disciples saw this eerie figure (in the first light of day) walking on the Sea some distance away, they cried out in fear, ‘Its a ghost'. This is no doubt intended to be contrasted with their later words, ‘You are the Son of God'. What a difference it made once He was with them in the boat.

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