Luke 8:23

And while they rowed, he slept. And a tempest of wind came down into the water, and they were driven hither and thither with waves, and were in peril.

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In The King James Version

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

22And it was done in (or on) one of the days, he went up into a boat, and his disciples. And he said to them, Pass we over the sea (or Let us go over to the other side of the lake). And (so) they went up.

24And they came nigh, and raised him, and said, Commander (or Master), we perish. And he rose up, and blamed the wind (or and rebuked the wind), and the tempest of the water; and it ceased, and peaceability was made.

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Cross References

Psalms 44:23Lord, rise up, why sleepest thou? rise up, and put not us away into the end, (or rise up, and do not shun us forever).

Psalms 107:23They that go down into the sea in ships; and make working in many waters. (And let others go down to the sea in ships; and do their work or and ply their trade in many waters.)

Psalms 148:8Fire, hail, snow, ice, spirits of tempests; that do his word. (Fire, hail, snow, ice, and the winds of the tempests; that all follow his command.)

Isaiah 54:11Thou little and poor (one), drawn out by tempest, without any comfort, lo! I shall strew thy stones by order, and I shall found thee in sapphires; (O poor little one, drawn out by the tempest, without any comfort, behold! I shall set thy stones in order, and I shall lay thy foundations with sapphires;)

Acts 27:14And not after much [time], the wind Tifonyk, that is called (the) northeast, [or (the) wind of tempest], was against it.

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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