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Matthew 8:24
Suddenly a fierce storm. Luke says a strong wind (Luke 8:23). A tornado is implied. Very sudden and violent storms result from the cold air sweeping down the mountains into the hot air over the lake,
Suddenly a fierce storm. Luke says a strong wind (Luke 8:23). A tornado is implied. Very sudden and violent storms result from the cold air sweeping down the mountains into the hot air over the lake,
Verse Matthew 8:24. _AROSE 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 sma...
A 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...
6. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER. Chapter s 8-9. CHAPTER 8 1. The Healing of the Leper. (Matthew 8:1 .) 2. The Healing of the Centurion's Servant. (Matthew 8:5 .) 3. The Healing of P...
THE STILLING OF THE TEMPEST (Mark 4:36 *, Luke 8:23). Mk.'s narrative is the fullest; note how both the others omit the reproach of Mark 4:38. Mt. alone makes the disciples (some of them skilled boatm...
THERE AROSE. GREAT TEMPEST IN THE SEA. Mark says, "A great storm;" Luke, "There came down. storm of wind;" the word used by Matthew implies. tornado. The Greek word denotes. sudden and violent gust of...
When he embarked on the boat, his disciples followed him. And, look you, a great upheaval arose on the sea, so that the boat was hidden by the waves; and he was sleeping. They came and wakened him. "L...
LOVE IN ACTION (Matthew 8:1-34) Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. He never sets out his material haphazardly. If in Matthew one thing follows another in a certain sequence, there...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), to call attention to another stage of "the great conflict". See App-23. This is not the same tempest as that recorded in Mark 4:37, and Luke 8:23. This w...
_he was asleep_ The expression in the original is very impressive. He, the Master, continued to sleep. It is the only place where the sleep of Jesus is named....
The Storm on the Lake. Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 St Mark, as usual, adds some interesting details: "it was evening-there were other little ships-a great storm of wind the waves beat into the ship He...
THE STORM ON THE LAKE Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25. St Mark, as usual, adds some interesting details: ‘it was evening—there were other boats with Him—a great storm (λαῖλαψ) of wind—the waves beat into...
ΣΕΙΣΜΌΣ, elsewhere of earthquakes, Luke and Mark have the more descriptive λαῖλαψ. ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ ἘΚΆΘΕΥΔΕΝ. ‘He—the Master—continued to sleep.’ It is the only place where the sleep of Jesus is named. The no...
Ver 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....
_MIRACLE OF THE WIND AND WAVES MATTHEW 8:23-27:_ Jesus had power even over the wind and the waves. As He and his disciples were in a small ship they were about to be sunk by a storm. Jesus was sleepin...
ΣΕΙΣΜΌΣ (G4578) сотрясение, применительно к шторму или землетрясению, ΈΓΈΝΕΤО _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, быть, ΏΣΤΕ (G5620) так что; используемое с _inf._, обозначает ре...
A GREAT TEMPEST— The original phrase Σεισμος μεγας, properly signifies _a mighty agitation;_ probably it was something of a hurricane. Jesus, possibly fatigued with the labours of the day (which had b...
Section 16 JESUS STILLS A TEMPEST (Parallels: Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25) TEXT: 8:23-27 23. And when he was entered into a boat, his disciples followed him. 24. And behold, there arose a great te...
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 4:35....
5-13 Compare Luk_7:1-10. 5 This is followed by an intimation that, though rejected by His own, He would be accepted by the nations, as is the case in the book of Acts. The priest was at one end of the...
TEMPEST] lit. 'shaking.' The word generally means 'earthquake.' 'To understand the causes of these sudden and violent tempests, we must remember that the lake lies low, six hundred feet lower than the...
THE STILLING OF THE TEMPEST (Mark 4:35; Luke 8:22). St. Mark and St. Luke both place the incident after the series of parables which St. Matthew records in Matthew 13. This is at once one of the best-...
THE LEPER CLEANSED. THE CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED. HEALING OF PETER'S WIFE'S MOTHER AND MANY OTHERS. STILLING OF THE TEMPEST. HEALING OF THE GADARENE DEMONIACS 1-4. Cleansing of the leper (Mark 1:40;...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 8 *MIRACLES WHEN JESUS HEALED PEOPLE 8:1–9:38 Matthew showed Jesus’ authority by what he taught in Chapter s 5-7. Now Matthew shows...
THERE AROSE A GREAT TEMPEST. — Storms such as that here described are of common occurrence in all inland seas. The wind sweeps through the narrow mountain valleys, and the sea, which a few minutes bef...
CHAPTER 8 The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1 - Matthew 9:1 REFERRING to Matthew 4:23, we find the work of Christ at the beginning of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing...
_Excursion to the eastern shore with its incidents_ (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:20; Luke 8:22-39). These narratives make a large leap forward in the history. As our evangelist is giving a collection of heali...
_Storm on the lake_ (Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25)....
LEADER OF MEN AND RULER OF NATURE Matthew 8:18-27 Christ winnows men. Before any enter upon His service, He places before them the inevitable trials which they must meet, among which loneliness and h...
The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His power...
What a beautiful representation is here given of the two-fold nature of CHRIST. Behold the man, in his human nature, sleeping! Behold the GODHEAD, in his divine nature, rebuking the winds and sea. Let...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_CHRIST IN THE SHIP_ ‘And when He was entered into a ship, His disciples followed Him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea … even the winds and the sea ohey Him.’ Matthew 8:23 I. TH...
_CHRIST’S POWER OVER NATURE_ ‘The ship was covered with the waves.’ Matthew 8:24 The quieting or peace-making power of Christ overcoming all disorder, is what we feel most in this account of the st...
Then, in chapter 8, the Lord begins in the midst of Israel His patient life of testimony, which closed with His rejection by the people whom God had so long preserved for Him, and for their own blessi...
AND BEHOLD, THERE AROSE A GREAT TEMPEST,.... "A great concussion", or "shaking" of the sea; the stormy wind moved the sea, and the waves thereof; and both wind and sea shook the ship, and the men that...
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. Ver. 24. _And, behold, there arose a great tempest_] Stirred up, likely, by...
_When he was entered into the ship_ Being, as is said above, about to cross the lake; _his disciples followed him_ Even as many as were desirous of learning of him, and could get a passage, either in...
THE STORM ON THE LAKE. v. 23. AND WHEN HE WAS ENTERED INTO A SHIP, HIS DISCIPLES FOLLOWED HIM....
AND, BEHOLD, THERE AROSE A GREAT TEMPEST IN THE SEA, INSOMUCH THAT THE SHIP WAS COVERED WITH THE WAVES. BUT HE WAS ASLEEP. The ship had been prepared by the disciples in accordance with previous instr...
Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compas...
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, an...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 8:27"....
Tertullian On Baptism Others make the suggestion (forced enough, clearly "that the apostles then served the turn of baptism when in their little ship, were sprinkled and covered with the waves: that...
Matthew 8:24 And G2532 suddenly G2400 (G5628) great G3173 tempest G4578 arose G1096 (G5633) on G1722 sea...
‘And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, in so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.' Once in the boat the experts took over and Jesus went to the rear of the...
JESUS STILLS THE STORM (8:23-27). The issue of would be followers having been settled Jesus now prepares to go to Decapolis by boat across the Sea of Galilee. Decapolis was a semi-independent confeder...
Matthew 8:24. A GREAT TEMPEST IN THE SEA. The ‘storm of wind' is mentioned by Mark and Luke. The word ‘tempest' properly refers to the effect of the wind, being used also of an earthquake. This lake,...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
CHRONOLOGY. Matthew inserts this group of events here; Mark and Luke at a later point. We accept the chronology of Mark, who explicitly says that Jesus crossed the sea on the evening of the day the pa...
BUT HE WAS ASLEEP (αυτος δε εκαθευδεν). Imperfect, was sleeping. Picturesque scene. The Sea of Galilee is 680 feet below the Mediterranean Sea. These sudden squalls come down from the summit of Herm...
Matthew 8:23 The Stilling of the Tempest. I. "Behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea." A sudden and violent squall, such as these small inland seas, surrounded with mountain gorges, are notor...
Matthew's Gospel is the Gospel of the Kingdom, and of the King. Here you see the King amid the storms of nature. Matthew 8:23. _And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, b...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him,_ Great multitudes often count for nothing; it is here or ther...
Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper_ You see that particular mention is made of this one special case, and, in any co...
Matthew 8:16. _When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits, with his word, and healed all that were sick:_ It was the evening after...
CONTENTS: Jesus heals a leper, the centurion's servant and Peter's wife's mother. Professed disciples tested. Stilling of the waves. Casting-out demons at Gadara. CHARACTERS: Jesus, leper, centurion...
Matthew 8:2. _Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him._ After having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome, an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, thereb...
_And when He was entered into a ship._ 1. A storm arose while the disciples were following their Master. Sea of life. Storms in the voyage-even when sailing according to the Master’s orders. 2. Whil...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah: Kingdom Power Demonstrated. Jesus has shown himself to be the Messiah through his teaching (chs. Matthew 5:1
JESUS CALMS THE STORM MATTHEW 8:23-27; MARK 4:35-41; LUKE 8:22-25; MATTHEW 8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples foll
CHAPTER 8 Ver. 2. _And, behold, a leper,_ &c. This same miracle is related by S. Mark (Mar 1:40), and by Luke (Luke 5:12). From a comparison of these it would seem to follow that the miracle was not p...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Matthew 8:23_ Dormant power.—In the first verses of this passage the resolution of Matthew 8:18 is executed in part. The disciples—apparently with some reluctance—e...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 8:1 MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. We return in this section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _I...
Let's turn to Matthew's gospel chapter eight. The fifth chapter of Matthew begins "And seeing the multitude, he went into a mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: And he open...
2 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Acts 27:14; Isaiah 54:11;...
Tempest [σ ε ι σ μ ο ς]. Lit., shaking. Used of an earthquake. The narrative indicates a sudden storm. Dr. Thomson (" Land and Book ") says : "Such winds are not only violent, but they come down sudde...
DISCIPLESHIP IN TRAINING Matthew 8:18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be dispossess...
The ship was covered — So man's extremity is God's opportunity....