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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
When the disciples saw that all men received help from Christ, it seemed fitting that they themselves also should in turn rejoice in the benefits of Christ. For no one regards that which happens in the person of another equally with that to himself. The Lord therefore exposed the disciples to the sea and the winds, as it follows, Now it came to pass on a certain day that he went into a ship with his disciples; and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake: and they launched forth.
Western Saints
Ambrose of Milan
Our Lord therefore, who knew that He came upon earth for a divine mystery, having left His kinsfolk, went up into the ship.
Bede
And it came to pass on one of those days, that he went into a ship with his disciples, and he said unto them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. In this voyage, the Lord deigns to show both natures of His one and the same person, in that He, as a man, sleeps in the boat, but as God, with a word, He calms the fury of the sea. Furthermore, according to the allegory, the sea or lake which He desires to cross with His own symbolizes the dark and bitter tides of this present world. …
Bonaventure
It came to pass on one of the days, and He went up etc. After the parabolic instruction in hidden mysteries and the apostolic formation in open discourses, the Evangelist here adds, in his customary manner, an authentic confirmation in express miracles. Moreover, in this part three miraculous signs are introduced, "that in the mouth of three witnesses every word may stand," and so that Christ may be shown to be Lord of all things. …
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