Matthew 8:26
And Jesus said to them, What be ye of little faith aghast [or afeared]? (or Why be so afraid, ye of little faith?) Then he rose [up], and commanded to the winds and the sea, and a great peaceableness was made.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
25And his disciples came to him, and raised him, and said, Lord, save us; (for) we perish.
27And (the) men wondered, and said, What manner man is this, for the winds and the sea obey to him?
Cross References
Job 38:8Who closed together the sea with doors, when it brake out coming forth as of the womb? (Who altogether enclosed the sea with doors, when it broke out as if coming forth from the womb?)
Psalms 89:9Thou art Lord of the power of the sea; forsooth thou assuagest the stirring of the waves thereof.
Psalms 104:6The depth of waters as a cloth is the clothing thereof; waters shall stand on hills. (The depth of waters, like a cloak, is its clothing; and the waters rose above, or covered, the mountains.)
Psalms 114:3The sea saw, and fled; Jordan was turned aback. (The Red Sea, or The Sea of Reeds, saw it, and fled away; the Jordan River turned back, or backed away.)
Isaiah 41:10Dread thou not, for I am with thee; bow thou not away, for I am thy God. I comforted thee, and helped thee; and the right hand of my just man up-took thee. (Fear thou not, for I am with thee; turn thou not away, for I am thy God. I shall strengthen thee, and I shall help thee, and I shall uphold thee with my just right hand.)
Isaiah 63:12which led out Moses to the right half in the arm of his majesty? which parted waters before them, that he should make to himself a name everlasting; (who led them out by the right hand of Moses with his majestic arm? who parted the waters before them, so that he would make an everlasting name for himself?)
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 →