Matthew 8:26
And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
25And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
27But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?
Cross References
Job 38:8Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb :
Psalms 89:9O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
Psalms 104:6The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.
Psalms 114:3The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.
Isaiah 41:10Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.
Isaiah 63:12He that brought out Moses by the right hand, by the arm of his majesty: that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:24-28
Jesus Allays a Storm. 23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even… Read the whole commentary →