<p>14:26&nbsp;<em>And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were disturbed, saying-</em>&nbsp;The word is specifically used in literature of troubled water (and in Jn. 5:4,7). The state of the water was as the state of their minds. Hence the power of the image of the Lord Jesus walking at ease upon that troubled water.</p>
<p><em>It is a ghost!-&nbsp;</em>The Greek&nbsp;<em>phantasma</em>&nbsp;could refer to a ghost, in which cases we see how under pressure, disciples return quickly to their previous belief systems. But the word could equally refer to an Angel. Their fear, and that fear being met with assurance&nbsp;<em>not</em>&nbsp;to fear, would then be typical of human reaction whenever Angels appear to them. The Lord's assurance that &quot;It is&nbsp;<em>I</em>&quot; would then be yet another evidence that the Lord Jesus was not an Angel (as the Watchtower wrongly claim).&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>And they cried out for fear-</em>&nbsp;These Greek words are only used together elsewhere in Rom. 8:15, where Paul says that we do not cry out in fear, but rather cry &quot;Abba, Father&quot;. This would again present the disciples at this point as condemned and far from the right relationship with the Father and Son which they should've had. The point of the incident is that they were saved out of that, by grace.</p>