And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
Ver. 28. If it be thou, bid me come unto thee, &c.] This fact of Peter some extol as an argument of his strong faith and love to Christ. But others of better judgment censure it as an effect of unbelief and rashness in him, requiring to be confirmed by a miracle; to the which, though our Saviour assented, yet we cannot say that he approved it. The other disciples believed Christ upon his bare word, but Peter must have a sign. He had it, but with a check, Matthew 14:31 .