vi. 19), when one of those sudden storms of wind to which the lake

is subject, rushed down from the western mountains, and lashing the usually placid surface into waves (Mtt. xiv. 24) prevented them making their way towards Capernaum, and exposed them to imminent peril. At this moment, to add to their fears, they discerned amidst the darkness (Mk. vi. 50) a Figure walking on the water and approaching their vessel. Thinking it could be nothing but a Phantom, they cried out in their terror, when a well-known Voice was heard saying _It is I, be not afraid_. Thereupon the ardent, impetuous Peter replied, _Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee on the water_. The rejoinder was _Come_; and so descending from the vessel (Mtt. xiv. 29) amidst the darkness and howling wind the Apostle made some little way towards his Lord. But soon the wind roared (Mtt. xiv. 30) and the waters raged, and his heart failed him, and beginning to sink he cried, _Lord, save me_. Thereupon Jesus _stretched forth His hand and caught him_, and gently rebuking him for his want of faith took him with Him into the ship, which amidst the calm that now stilled the waves, quickly reached the harbour of Capernaum, while the Apostles, _amazed beyond measure_ (Mk. vi. 51), worshipped Him, saying, _Truly Thou art the Son of God_ (Mtt. xiv. 33).