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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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on <strong>the</strong> sea, <strong>and</strong> worshipping Him. Instead <strong>of</strong> this,<br />

<strong>the</strong>y ' are troubled' <strong>and</strong> ' afraid.' ' <strong>The</strong>y supposed it<br />

was an apparition,' * (this in accordance with<br />

popular Jewish notions), <strong>and</strong> * cried out for fear.'<br />

Even afterwards, when <strong>the</strong>y had received Him into<br />

<strong>the</strong> ship, * <strong>the</strong>y were sore amazed in <strong>the</strong>mselves,'<br />

<strong>and</strong> * understood not,' while those in <strong>the</strong> ship (in<br />

contradistinction to <strong>the</strong> disciples), burst forth into<br />

an act <strong>of</strong> worship. This much <strong>the</strong>n is evident, that<br />

<strong>the</strong> disciples expected not <strong>the</strong> miraculous; that <strong>the</strong>y<br />

were unprepared for it; that <strong>the</strong>y explained it on<br />

what to <strong>the</strong>m seemed natural grounds; <strong>and</strong> that,<br />

even when convinced <strong>of</strong> its reality, <strong>the</strong> impression<br />

<strong>of</strong> wonder, which it made, was <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> deepest. And<br />

this also follows as a corollary, that, when <strong>the</strong>y<br />

recorded it, it was not in<br />

> On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>the</strong> miraculoos ' LiteraUy, a<br />

phantasxna. Tliiswordls<br />

feeding <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> multitude seems to exhibit only used<br />

in this narrative (St. Matt

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