Matthew 8:23–27
With a word he calms the storm, and the disciples are amazed
Study it word by word23And when he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
24And look, a great shaking arose on the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but he was sleeping.
25And they came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us; we are perishing!”
26And he says to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
27And the men were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”
In its context
21Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
22But Jesus says to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
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28And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two men possessed by demons met him, coming out of the tombs, so violent that no one could pass along that road.
29And look, they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with you, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
Its words in the original
- ἐμβάντιembanti· get into (a boat)
Get into (a boat), embark.
- πλοῖονploion· boat
Boat.
- ἠκολούθησανēkolouthēsan· follow
Follow, go after someone; follow him as a disciple.
- μαθηταὶmathētai· disciple
Disciple: someone who learns from a teacher and follows him in order to live as he does.
- σεισμὸςseismos· earthquake
Shaking: an earthquake; also a violent storm.
- μέγαςmegas· great
Great, large.
- ἐγένετοegeneto· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- θαλάσσῃthalassēi· sea
Sea; also a large lake, such as the Sea of Galilee.
- ὥστεhōste· so that
So that, therefore.
- καλύπτεσθαιkalyptesthai· cover, hide
Cover, hide, conceal.
- κυμάτωνkymatōn· wave
Wave.
- ἐκάθευδενekatheuden· sleep
Sleep.
- προσελθόντεςproselthontes· come to, approach
Come up to, approach someone.
- ἤγειρανēgeiran· raise
Raise, wake up; get up; raise from the dead.
- λέγοντεςlegontes· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΚύριεKyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- σῶσονsōson· save
Save, rescue from danger or death; also heal from an illness.
- ἀπολλύμεθαapollymetha· destroy, perish
Destroy, cause to perish; in the middle voice, perish, be lost.
- δειλοίdeiloi· fearful, cowardly
Fearful, cowardly.
- ἐστεeste· be
Be, exist.
- ὀλιγόπιστοιoligopistoi· of little faith
Of little faith: trusting God only a little.
- τότεtote· then
Then, at that time.
- ἐπετίμησενepetimēsen· rebuke, warn
Rebuke, reprove; order sternly.
- ἀνέμοιςanemois· wind
Wind.
- γαλήνηgalēnē· calm
Calm at sea.
- ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoi· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- ἐθαύμασανethaumasan· marvel, wonder
Marvel, be amazed.
- ΠοταπόςPotapos· what kind of
What kind of, of what sort.
- ὑπακούουσινhypakouousin· obey
Obey; also listen, answer a knock at the door.