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, Matthew 8:26. But this unexercised was, to comfort, as good as no faith.
a Perge contra tempestatem: Caesarem fers, et fortunam Caesaris. Plut.