John Chrysostom

"They marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the sea and the winds obey Him?" But Christ chode not with them for calling Him a man, but waited to teach them by His signs, that their supposition was mistaken. But from what did they think Him a man? First from His appearance, then from His sleeping, and His making use of a ship. So on this account they were cast into perplexity, saying, "What manner of man is this?" since while the sleep and the outward appearance showed man, the sea and the calm declared Him God. …

Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 28 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

"Then He arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!" In appearance He was a man, but His deeds showed that He was God.

Commentary on Matthew ↗

Jerome

Then rising up, he commanded the winds and the sea: and there was a great calm. And from this place we understand that all creatures feel their Creator. For those whom he rebukes, and those whom he commands, feel the one who commands: not by the error of heretics, who think that all things are animate; but by the majesty of the creator, which to us is imperceptible, but to them is perceptible.

Commentary on Matthew ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Then he tells how he helped: Why are you afraid, O men of little faith? It seems that they were not men of little faith, because they said, Save us; but they really were of little faith, because they did not believe that he could save them even when sleeping. Or, of little faith, because if they had great faith, they could have commanded the sea. Then he rose and rebuked the winds; for a storm arises from winds as from an efficient cause, and from water as a material cause. …

Commentary on Matthew ↗