Luke 8:24

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. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 4:35; Mark 5:1....

22-40 Those that put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm, and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls under a sense of guilt, and fear of wrath, but to go to Christ, and call him Master, and say, I am undone, if thou dost not help me. When our dangers are over, it becomes us to take to ourselves the shame of our own fears, and to give Christ the glory of our deliverance. We may learn much out of this history concerning the world of infernal, malignant spirits, which though not working now exactly in the same way as then, yet all must at all times carefully guard against. And these malignant spirits are very numerous. They have enmity to man and all his comforts. Those under Christ's government are sweetly led with the bands of love; those under the devil's government are furiously driven. Oh what a comfort it is to the believer, that...

See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23 notes, and Mark 5:1 notes....

EXPOSITION LUKE 8:1 _St. Luke_'_s brief notice of the women who formed part of the company of Jesus._ LUKE 8:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTERWARD. St. Luke here notices an alteration in the Master's way of life. From this time forward Jesus ceased to make Capernaum "his city," his usual residence; he now journeys with his little band of followers from place to place. From this time there was also a distinct change in the tone of his teaching. The Greek word rendered "afterward" is the same as that translated "in order" in Luke 1:3. SHOWING THE GLAD TIDINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. The public work of Jesus may be well arranged under three hea

AND THEY CAME TO HIM, AND AWOKE HIM,.... That is, the disciples came from some part of the ship, to the hinder part of it, where Christ was asleep; and by their shrieks and cries, and repeated vociferations, awaked him out of sleep: SAYING, MASTER, MASTER, WE PERISH. The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, only read "master", without a repetition of the word, as in Matthew and Mark; but the Syriac and Persic versions repeat it, and render the words, "our master, our master"; Matthew 8:25. THEN HE ROSE, AND REBUKED THE WIND, AND THE RAGING OF THE WATER, AND THEY CEASED, AND THERE WAS A CALM; Matthew 8:26....

CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The Ministering Company (Luke 8:1 .) 2. The Parable of the Sower. (Luke 8:4 .) 3. The Parable of the Lighted Candle. (Luke 8:16) 4. The Declaration of a New Relationship. (Luke 8:19 .) 5. The Storm on the Lake. (Luke 8:22) 6. In the Country of the Gadarenes; the Maniac Healed. (Luke 8:26) 7. His Rejection by the Gadarenes. (Luke 8:37 .) 8. The Wo

WONDER STORIES: the tempest, the demoniac and the swine, Jairus-' daughter, and the woman with hemorrhage (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:43 *, Matthew 8:23 *, Matthew 9:18 *). Lk. follows Mk. with slight changes, _e.g._ the storm is not definitely an evening one; the demons ask that they should not be sent into the abyss (_i.e._ Tartarus, the prison-house of evil spirits, Revelation 20:1); Jairus-' daughter is an only child, _cf. Luke 7:12_,...

ON THE ROAD (Luke 8:1-3)...

AWOKE. roused. App-178. MASTER. See note on Luke 5:5. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. Not the same word as in Luke 8:49. WE PERISH. we are perishing: i.e. drowning. AROSE. was aroused. App-178. TTr. WH. have the same word as "awoke" above, RAGING. Greek _kludon._ Occurs only here and James 1:6 ("wave"). WAS. became....

_we perish_ Rather, WE ARE PERISHING! "Lord! save! we are perishing," Matthew 8:25. "Rabbi, carest thou not that we are perishing?" Mark 4:38. The peril was evidently most imminent. _Then he rose_ Rather, BUT HE, BEING ROUSED FROM SLEEP. _rebuked the wind_ speaking to the wind and the billows of the water as though they were living powers (Psalms 106:9, "He _rebuked the_Red Sea also"), or to the evil powers which may be conceived to wield them to the danger of mankind. St Mark alone preserves the two words uttered "Hush! be stilled!" the first to silence the roar, the second the tumult. St Matthew tells us that He quietly uttered -Why are ye cowards, ye of little faith?" and _then_, havi