Worshipped him

(προσεκυνησαν αυτω). And Jesus accepted it. They were growing in appreciation of the person and power of Christ from the attitude in Matthew 8:27. They will soon be ready for the confession of Matthew 16:16. Already they can say: "Truly God's Son thou art." The absence of the article here allows it to mean a Son of God as in Matthew 27:54 (the centurion). But they probably mean "the Son of God" as Jesus was claiming to them to be.

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Old Testament