And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
Ver. 31. O thou of little faith, &c.] Thou petty fidian, small faith; Christ chides Peter, and yet helps him. Involuntary failings, unavoidable infirmities, discard us not; as robberies done by pirates of either nation break not the league between princes; as lesser failings dissolve not the marriage knot. Christ knew us well before he took us, yet took us for better for worse. 2. He "hates putting away," Malachi 2:16, and herein, as he is above law, so his mercy is matchless, Jeremiah 3:1. Joshua the high priest, though he was ill-clothed, yet he stood before the angel, Zechariah 3:3. Much will be so borne with, where the fault is of passion merely, or of incogitance and inadvertence, as here.