but they saw him walking on the water. “It's a ghost!” they thought, and screamed.
No one helped God spread out the heavens or trample the sea monster's back.
He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because they were rowing against the wind; so sometime between three and six o'clock in the morning, he came to them, walking on the water. He was going to pass them by,
They were all terrified when they saw him. Jesus spoke to them at once, “Courage!” he said. “It is I. Don't be afraid!”
They were terrified, thinking that they were seeing a ghost.