come to an end, and Thou hast destroyed cities.” Why then are ye afraid, O Christians? Christ speaks: “It is I; be not afraid.” Why are ye alarmed at these things? Why are ye afraid? I have foretold these things, I do them, they must necessarily be done. “It is I; be not afraid. Therefore they would receive Him into the ship.” Recognizing Him and rejoicing, they are freed from their fears. “And immediately the ship was at the land to which they went.” There is an end made at the land; from the watery to the solid, from the agitated to the firm, from the way to the goal.