but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,
for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, *Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid.*
But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.