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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave commandment to depart unto the other side." Seest thou again His freedom from ostentation? in that as the others say, "He charged the devils not to say it was He," so this writer saith, He repels the multitudes from Him. Now in so doing, He was at once both training us to be moderate, and at the same time allaying the envy of the Jews, and teaching us to do nothing for display. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
"Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave commandment to depart unto the other side." Jesus gave this order because He was not a seeker after glory, and also because He wished to avoid the spiteful envy of the Jews.
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
It is clear that this day on which they went over the lake was another day, and not that which followed the one on which Peter's mother-in-law was healed, on which day Mark and Luke relate that He went out into the desert. (De Cons. Ev. ii. 23.) Matthew relates that this was done when He gave them commandment that they should go over the lake, Luke, that it happened as they walked by the way; which is no contradiction, for they must have walked by the way that they might come to the lake.
Thomas Aquinas
Now when Jesus saw great crowds... After the miracles against internal sins the evangelist mentions miracles against external sins, namely, a storm. First, he mentions the prologue to the miracle, namely, the embarkation; secondly, the miracle (v. 26b); thirdly, the effect (v. 26c). In regard to the first he mentions the command; secondly, its fulfillment (v. 21). In regard to the first he does three things: first, he tells them to follow; secondly, he turns away a person who intruded himself (v. …
Remigius of Rheims
Or; He did this as one desiring to shun the thronging of the multitude. But they hung upon Him in admiration, crowding to see Him. For who would depart from one who did such miracles? Who would not wish to look upon His open face, to see His mouth that spoke such things? For if Moses' countenance was made glorious, and Stephen's as that of an Angel, gather from this how it was to have been supposed that their common Lord must have then appeared; of whom the Prophet speaks, Thy form is fair above the sons of men. (Ps. …
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