Matthew 8:27
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
KJV
οἱ δὲ ἄνθρωποι ἐθαύμασαν λέγοντες, ποταπός ἐστιν οὗτος ὅτι καὶ οἱ ἄνεμοι καὶ ἡ θάλασσα αὐτῷ ὑπακούουσιν;
Greek NT
Porro homines mirati sunt, dicentes : Qualis est hic, quia venti et mare obediunt ei ?
Vulgate
And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
ASV
But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θάλασσα
thalassa
noun · 91×
θαυμάζω
thaumazo
verb · 43×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποταπός
potapos
adjective · 7×
ἄνεμος
anemos
noun · 31×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπακούω
upakouo
verb · 21×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτῷ ὑπακούουσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτῷ ὑπακούουσιν | RP: ὑπακούουσιν αὐτῷ
- αὐτῷ ὑπακούουσιν — SBLGNT
- αὐτῷ ὑπακούουσιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὑπακούουσιν αὐτῷ — Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
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 …
2. What then says Peter, everywhere ardent, and ever starting forward before the rest? Lord, if it be Thou, says he, bid me come unto You on the water. Matthew 14:28 He said not, Pray and entreat, but, bid. Do you see how great his ardor, how great his faith? Yet surely he is hereby often in danger, by seeking things beyond his measure. For so here too he required an exceedingl…
Cross-references
- 2Pet 3:11 — Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
- Gen 1:7 — And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Jas 1:24 — For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
- Mark 1:27 — And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do
- Mark 4:41 — And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
- 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.
- Mark 7:37 — And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
- Matt 14:33 — Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
- Matt 15:31 — Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.