Luke 8:24

And having come near, they awoke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we perish!” And He, having arisen, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there came a calm,

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And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

In Context

23and as they are sailing He fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

25and He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, “Who, then, is this, that He even commands the winds and the water, and they obey Him?”

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Cross References

Psalms 65:7Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, || And the multitude of the peoples.

Psalms 104:6The abyss! You have covered it as with clothing, || Waters stand above hills.

Psalms 116:3Cords of death have surrounded me, || And straits of Sheol have found me, || I find distress and sorrow.

Isaiah 50:2Why have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, || Has My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not power in Me to deliver? Behold, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, || I make rivers a wilderness, || Their fish stink, for there is no water, || And die with thirst.

Lamentations 3:54Waters have flowed over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

Matthew 14:30but seeing the vehement wind, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:23-40

Christ's Power over the Winds; Christ's Power over the Devils. 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the… Read the whole commentary →

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