Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 8:27
What manner of man] The disciples already begin to think that Jesus is more than a mere man.
What manner of man] The disciples already begin to think that Jesus is more than a mere man.
Verse Matthew 8:27. _THE MEN MARVELLED_] Every part of the creation (man excepted) hears and obeys the Creator's voice. Sinners have an ear for the world, the devil, and the flesh: till this ear is sh...
THE MEN MARVELED - Wondered, or were amazed. WHAT MANNER OF MAN - What kind of a personage. How unlike other men! What a vast display of power! and how far exalted above mortals must he be! Jesus spa...
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...
BUT THE MEN MARVELLED. That his disciples should be astonished at the miracle accords with what is said of them on other occasions (Matthew 16:6-7; Mark 6:52; John 6:5-9;...
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...
MARVELLED. In Matthew 14:33 "worshipped". MANNER, &C. = kind of. Being....
_the men_ the disciples, and other fishermen who were also on the Lake: see account in Mark....
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...
ΟἹ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΙ. The disciples, and other fishermen who were also on the Lake: see account in Mark....
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...
ΆΝΘΡΩΠΟΙ (G444) люди — либо апостолы в лодке (Filson), либо люди, которые позже услышат об этом (McNeile). ΠΟΤΑΠΌΣ (G4217) какого рода, какого качества, ΎΠΑΚΟΎΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΎΠΑΚΟΎΩ (G5...
DISCOURSE: 1337 CHRIST STILLETH THE TEMPEST Matthew 8:27. _But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?_ THE more we see of Christ, the more we...
THE MEN MARVELLED, SAYING, &C.— This reflection, as well as the extreme fear of the disciples in the time of their danger, may seem unaccountable, considering how many and what miracles they had been...
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....
25 Ever and anon, while revealing His own glory and exercising the faith of His followers, our Lord presents a marvelous prophetic picture of the course of the kingdom proclamation. Here we have a pre...
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...
THE MEN MARVELLED. — This use of so vague a term as “men,” as applied to the disciples, is so exceptional as to suggest the thought that there were others in the boat with them. The marvel was not wit...
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...
_Storm on the lake_ (Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25)....
_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...
Matthew 8:27, f οἱ ἄνθρωποι : who? Naturally one would say the disciples with Jesus in the boat, called men to suit the tragic situation. But many think others are referred to, men unacquainted with J...
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...
27._But the men wondered _Mark and Luke appear to say this in reference to the apostles; for, after having stated that Christ reproved them, they add that they cried out with fear, _Who is this? _It a...
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...
BUT THE MEN MARVELLED,.... Mark says, "they feared exceedingly"; and Luke, "they being afraid, wondered": they were filled with astonishment and fear, or reverence: there was such a shine of majesty,...
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! Ver. 27. _Even the winds and the sea obey him_] He lays laws upon all creatures, which are his hos...
_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...
BUT THE MEN MARVELED, SAYING, WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS, THAT EVEN THE WINDS AND THE SEA OBEY HIM! Coming to Him, the disciples woke Him. They may have hesitated for some time out of respect for thei...
The terror of the disciples and Christ's rebuke:...
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...
Ver. 23-27. It is apparent that the evangelists did not set down all the motions and actions of our Saviour in order, as done by him: whether therefore this was the same motion, and over the same sea,...
Matthew 8:27 So G1161 men G444 marveled G2296 (G5656) saying G3004 (G5723) Who G4217 this G3778 be...
‘And the men marvelled, saying, “What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?” ' Note that they did not begin exchanging reminiscences of how past storms had ceased suddenly,...
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...
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...
Matthew 8:27. THE MEN MARVELLED. Probably all who were in the boat. The parallel passages oblige us to include the disciples as well as the boat's crew. The former (‘of little faith') also wondered....
EVEN THE WINDS AND THE SEA OBEY HIM (Κα ο ανημο κα η θαλασσα αυτω υπακουουσιν). A nature miracle. Even a sudden drop in the wind would not at once calm the sea. "J. Weiss explains that by 'an aston...
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 8:16. _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...
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...
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...
WHAT KIND OF MAN IS THIS? They are amazed that even the storms obey his word. It is unlikely that they really understood just who Jesus was until he rose from death....
_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...
Mark 1:27; Mark 6:51; Mark 7:37; Matthew 14:33; Matthew 15:31...
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...