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Matthew 8:25

And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

KJV

καὶ προσελθόντες ἤγειραν αὐτὸν λέγοντες, κύριε, σῶσον, ἀπολλύμεθα.

Greek NT

Et accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus, et suscitaverunt eum, dicentes : Domine, salva nos : perimus.

Vulgate

And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish.

ASV

And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
σώζω
sozo
verb · 106×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: προσελθόντες | WH/Treg/NIV: προσελθόντες | RP: + οἱ μαθηταὶ
  • προσελθόντεςSBLGNT
  • προσελθόντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + οἱ μαθηταὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: σῶσον | WH/Treg/NA: σῶσον | NIV/RP: + ἡμᾶς
  • σῶσονSBLGNT
  • σῶσονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
  • + ἡμᾶςReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

2. Now when He is departed from the sea, there follows another miracle yet more awful. For men possessed with devils, like wicked runaways at sight of their master, said, What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time? Matthew 8:29 For, because the multitudes called Him man, the devils came proclaiming His Godhead, and they …

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 14:11 — And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name
  • Exod 14:10 — And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
  • Jer 17:14 — Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
  • Jer 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of host
  • Jonah 1:6 — So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
  • 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 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?
  • Ps 12:1 — Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
  • Ps 44:22 — Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
  • Ps 107:28 — Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.