And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be you, bid me come unto you on the water.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
As Peter had the most fervent love for Christ, he desires immediately, before the others, to be near Him. For he believes not only that Jesus Himself walks on the water, but that He will grant this to him as well. Peter did not say, "Bid me to walk," but rather "to come unto Thee." The former would have been ostentation; the latter is love for Christ.
