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Luke 8:24

And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

KJV

προσελθόντες δὲ διήγειραν αὐτὸν λέγοντες· ἐπιστάτα ἐπιστάτα, ἀπολλύμεθα. ὁ δὲ διεγερθεὶς ἐπετίμησεν τῷ ἀνέμῳ καὶ τῷ κλύδωνι τοῦ ὕδατος· καὶ ἐπαύσαντο, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη.

Greek NT

Accedentes autem suscitaverunt eum, dicentes : Præceptor, perimus. At ille surgens, increpavit ventum, et tempestatem aquæ, et cessavit : et facta est tranquillitas.

Vulgate

And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. And he awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

ASV

And they came and awaked him, saying: Master, we perish. But he arising, rebuked the wind and the rage of the water. And it ceased: and there was a calm.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γαλήνη
galene
noun · 3×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διεγείρω
diegeiro
verb · 6×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλύδων
kludon
noun · 2×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
παύω
pauo
verb · 15×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἄνεμος
anemos
noun · 31×
ἐπιστάτης
epistates
noun · 7×
ἐπιτιμάω
epitimao
verb · 29×
o
article · 19778×
ὕδωρ
udor
noun · 76×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: διεγερθεὶς | WH/Treg/NIV: διεγερθεὶς | RP: ἐγερθεὶς
  • διεγερθεὶςSBLGNT
  • διεγερθεὶςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐγερθεὶςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2743It is always possible to pray: the time of the Christian is that of the risen Christ who is with us always, no matter what tempests may arise.36 Our time is in the hands of God: It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone, or seated in your shop, . . . while buying or selling, . . . or even while cooking.37

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
  • Jer 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss
  • John 2:2 — And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
  • Jonah 1:15 — So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
  • Luke 4:39 — And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
  • Luke 4:39 — And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
  • Luke 5:5 — And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
  • Luke 5:5 — And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
  • Mark 4:38 — And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
  • Mark 6:51 — And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
  • Matt 8:26 — 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.
  • Matt 14:30 — But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
  • Nah 1:4 — He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
  • Ps 65:7 — Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
  • Ps 69:1 — Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
  • Ps 104:6 — Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
  • Ps 107:25 — For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
  • Ps 116:3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.