Matthew 8:24

Matthew 8:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
• New International Version (NIV)Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep.

Context of Matthew 8:24

22But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me [believing in Me as Master and Teacher], and allow the [spiritually] dead to bury their own dead.” 23When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. And suddenly a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping. 25And the disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us, we are going to die!” 26He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was [at once] a great and wonderful calm [a perfect peacefulness].

Matthew 8:24 word by word

καὶ ἰδοὺ σεισμὸς μέγας ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ ὥστε τὸ πλοῖον καλύπτεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων· αὐτὸς δὲ ἐκάθευδεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• there aroseγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• a greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• tempestσεισμόςseismos · earthquakeG4578
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the seaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the seaθάλασσαthalassa · seaG2281
• insomuch thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
• the shipπλοῖονploion · boatG4143
• was coveredκαλύπτωkaluptō · to coverG2572
• withὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• the wavesκῦμαkuma · a waveG2949
• butδέde · thenG1161
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• was asleepκαθεύδωkatheudō · to sleepG2518

Cross-references for Matthew 8:24

• Psalms 107:23Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters;
• Isaiah 54:11“O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed, and not comforted, Listen carefully, I will set your [precious] stones in mortar, And lay your foundations with sapphires.
• Jonah 1:4But the Lord hurled a great wind toward the sea, and there was a violent tempest on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.
• Mark 4:37And a fierce windstorm began to blow, and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already being swamped.
• Acts 27:14But soon afterward a violent wind, called Euraquilo [a northeaster, a tempestuous windstorm like a typhoon], came rushing down from the island;
• 2 Corinthians 11:25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift on the sea;
• Luke 8:23But as they were sailing, He fell asleep. And a fierce gale of wind swept down [as if through a wind tunnel] on the lake, and they began to be swamped, and were in great danger.
• John 6:17and they got into a boat and started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had still not come [back] to them.
• John 11:5Now Jesus loved and was concerned about Martha and her sister and Lazarus [and considered them dear friends].

Commentaries on Matthew 8:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Arose a great tempest in the sea - Probably excited by Satan, the prince of the power of the air, who, having got the author and all the preachers of the Gospel together in a small vessel, thought by drowning it, to defeat the purposes of God, and thus to prevent the salvation of a ruined world. What a noble opportunity must this have appeared to the enemy of the human race!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24A great tempest - A violent storm; or a “wind” so strong as to endanger their lives. This lake was subject to sudden squalls. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. ii. p. 59) says: “Small as the lake is, and placid, in general, as a molten mirror, I have repeatedly seen it quiver, and leap, and boil like a caldron, when driven by fierce winds from the eastern mountains.” The ship was covered with the waves - The billows dashed against the ship Mark…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-27Verses 23-27 It is a comfort to those who go down to the sea in ships, and are often in perils there, to reflect that they have a Saviour to trust in and pray to, who knows what it is to be on the water, and to be in storms there. Those who are passing with Christ over the ocean of this world, must expect storms. His human nature, like to ours in every thing but sin, was wearied, and he slept at this time to try the faith of his disciples. They, in their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24A fierce storm came upon the lake. Sudden strong winds are common on the Sea of Galilee since mountains surround it.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 8:24

• Doubting
• Faith
• Galilee
• Jesus, the Christ
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Miracles
• Rest
• Sea
• Sleep
• Trouble

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Galilee, Sea of
• Gnashing
• Heal
• Hole
• Immediately
• Rebuke
• Sickness
• Speak
• Torment

Commentaries on Matthew 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings