but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out;
who alone stretched out the heavens, and trampled the waves of the sea;
And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them,
for they all saw him, and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart, it is I; have no fear.”
But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit.