Dread of His failure. These are the secret faiths that spawn fear. Nice words excuse fear and make us less guilty of it as a heinous sin. It's not really fear, it's only worry. No, anxiety is simply unbelief and stress , an invented word that hides terror and elevates it to the understandable.
Fear is sin.
Human foible, yes. Normal to us, yes. But fear in His disciples drew an uncommon anger from the longsuffering Jesus. He who was patient unendingly, who endured their scheming ambition, and gave kindness to His own murderer, had no tolerance for their fear. We fear what is under His thumb's dominion.