40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?



Ver. 40. Why are ye so fearful?] Increpatio cum admiratione: as their "Master, carest thou not," &c., was interrogatio conquerentis et reprehendentis. But if Caesar in a tempest could bid the bargeman be of good cheer, for he carried over the fortune of Caesar, which could not miscarry; {a} how much more might those that were upon the same bottom with Christ, have been confident of a safe arrival!



How is it that ye have no faith?] A little they had, Mat_8:26. But this unexercised was, to comfort, as good as no faith.



{a} Perge contra tempestatem: Caesarem fers, et fortunam Caesaris. Plut.