Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Walking on Water

Matthew 14:28-29, “And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” So he said, “Come.” Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.”

Philo - Allegorical Interpretation III (172) There is a certain peculiarity which is attached to this Word. For when it calls the soul to itself, it excites a congealing power in everything which is earthly, or corporeal, or under the influence of the external senses. On which account it is said to be "like the hoar-frost on the Earth."{Exodus 16:16.} For when the man who beholds God, meditates a flight from the passions, "the waves are frozen," that is to say, the impetuous rush, and the increase, and the haughty pride of the waves are arrested, in order that he who might behold the living God might then pass over the Passion.{Exodus 16:15.}


Based on the cross reference index in the Comprehensive New Testament and Philo for Christians

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