And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him,
O you of little faith, why did you doubt?
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Signifying therefore that not the assault of the wind, but his want of faith had wrought his overthrow, He says, Wherefore did you doubt, O thou of little faith? So that if his faith had not been weak, he would have stood easily against the wind also. And for this reason, you see, even when He had caught hold of Him, He suffers the wind to blow, showing that no hurt comes thereby, when faith is steadfast.
And as when a nestling has come out of the nest before the time, and is on the point of falling, its mother bears it on her wings, and brings it back to the nest; even so did Christ.
