“"They marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the sea and the winds obey Him?" But Christ chode not with them for calling Him a man, but waited to teach them by His signs, that their supposition was mistaken. But from what did they think Him a man? First from His appearance, then from His sleeping, an…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 28
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27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
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25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
— Matthew 8:27 —
28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?