Luke 8:23

So they put off. While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A squall swept down on the lake, and their boat was filling and they were in danger.

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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.

In Context

22One day about that time, Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let us go across the lake.”

24So the disciples came and roused him. “Sir, Sir,” they cried, “we are lost!” Jesus rose and rebuked the wind and the rushing waves, and they fell, and a calm followed.

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Cross References

Psalms 44:23Rouse yourself, why do you sleep Lord? Awake, cast us not off forever.

Psalms 107:23Some crossed the sea in ships, doing business in great waters.

Psalms 148:8Fire, hail, snow and ice, and stormy wind doing his word.

Acts 27:14But shortly afterward a hurricane came down on us off the land – a north-easter, as it is called.

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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