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26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”

27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here![a]

28 Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”

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Footnotes

  1. 14:27 Or The ‘I am’ is here; Greek reads I am. See Exod 3:14.

26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,”(A) they said, and cried out in fear.

27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage!(B) It is I. Don’t be afraid.”(C)

28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

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