III. We might remember Matthew emphasizes the way Jesus fulfills scriptural prophecies, and structures the narrative around long teaching passages interspersed with narrative sections, which especially emphasize Jesuss authority. p EXPOSITION Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Note lastly, That the disciples faith was lessened by their fear: fear is generated by unbelief, and unbelief strengthened by fear; as in things natural there is a circular generation, vapours beget showers, and showers vapours; so it is in things moral, nothing can cure us of fear, till God cures us of unbelief; Christ therefore takes an effectual method to rid the disciples of their fears, by rebuking their unbelief. Christ rebukes his disciples fears; Why are ye fearful? history. AND WHEN HE WAS ENTERED INTO A SHIP, HIS DISCIPLES FOLLOWED Observe here, 1. related by S. Mark (Mar 1:40), and by Luke (Luke 5:12). We might read verse 25 on two levels: in the plain context of the story, the disciples are crying out for Jesus to do something. Revelation 21 Seems To Be After The Millennium Where It Says There Will Be No Pain Or Tears. Could they hope, in such a craft, to survive such a storm? The disciples found out bit by bit what kind of man this is'. Now. 24. We might imagine Mom or Dad saying cut it out! to the kids bickering in the back seat of the car. he calms us too, maybe not immediately but when we really need him he is (2.) to go to Decapolis by boat across the Sea of Galilee. worship, What alls here: notes, quotes, questions, and thoughts on what I read from where I read it . of him. Image: St. study questions But gradually as we learn more and more in the faith, as the disciples did over several years, we will become bolder and more confident in the Lord (look at the confidence of the disciples in Acts 2-4). Q. Matthew 8:23. Sea of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing _Excursion to the eastern shore with its incidents_ (Mark 4:35 to Mark The 29th psalm is also a good one to connect with this study. Decapolis was a While Jesus sleeps, a violent storm rages and the disciples are fearing for their lives. out his material haphazardly. We do not know if the two men who approached Jesus got into the boat with Him or if they decided to stay. The disciples marvel at the authority of Jesus even the elements obey Him! We return in this 1. I would not make too much of their following Him (some folks make a spiritual point out of some common statements), because the word is used even for the crowds of unbelievers who followed Him where He went. Jesus was tempted, like a man, but rebuked Satan (Matt. No sooner was the storm up, but their fears were up, and they were as much overset with their boisterous passions, as the vessel was with the tempestuous winds; and accordingly Christ rebukes the tempest within, and then the tempest without: first he calms their hearts, and then the seas. [So I could not help thinking of a tsunami.] 16:21-23; based on Daniel 7:13-14). of life. But there are a couple of apparent difficulties that you would have to deal with in studying this passage. Think about it. The disciples ask the Lord to save them in the storm (23, 24). Why are ye fearful?8. The disciples are amazed at this power. And, look A gracious response.For gracious it wasmost graciousthough in the form of rebuke. It is now on display in a lovely new museum there on the shores of the lake at Genneseret. As they cross the sea, a great storm arises and threatens to sink their boat and drown them all. Note the contrasts here. (LogOut/ For additional references, see Pss. Note. The fishing villages of Capernaum and Bethsaida so frequently mentioned in the gospels were on the north west and north shores of the lake. Some scholars try to analyze the stories to determine which of these things the disciples really said, and how the report got muddled by one or more of the gospel writers. This little passage is rather straightforward in its structure. He shares three examples of Jesus miraculously healing people during His ministry in Capernaum. 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 It is not large, but you could get twelve or so men into the boat fairly easily, but not a whole lot more. In form, of course,and in effect alsothis was to them a rebuke. Carest Thou not that we perish? Almost Have you no feeling at all for our need? Great indeed must have been the tempest within them to give such utterance to such thoughts. After His conversations with two reluctant followers, Jesus gets into the boat to go to the other side of the sea. 26 Jesus responded, Why are you afraid? Upon this account, Christ is to be admired, that he has a commanding power even over winds and seas. Whil MATTHEWNOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah: But that does not make much sense, for these seasoned sailors thought they were going to drown right up to the moment that Jesus calmed the storm. 27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! The disciples fear and panic is contrasted with Jesus sleeping on the boat. (2.) We have already noted how the speeches give us the meaning of the flow of the story. The best authorities omit the definite article. hermeneutics And sometimes they can summarize a saying by putting it into a question when it was an assertion, or by making it negative when it was positive--they are trying to capture what was said, but capture it in a way their individual audiences would best understand it. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); hermeneutics /hmnjutks/ (n.pl. What is there really to fear? There was a great calm (Matthew 8:26). Mark 4:35; Luke 8:22. 1. Let the sinners in Zion be afraid, let heathen mariners tremble in a storm, but you shall not be so. () of windthe waves beat into Ver 23. It was only when the disciples called on Jesus that he responded. Can we hope ever to get to the other side of this cloud? clearly, no one. Yet Ryries Notes Say Otherwise. Where was our faith? Observe, (1.) This sermon offers guidance and solace to fellow storm travelers. The disciples wake Him and ask Him to save them. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. To control them was to show sovereignty over the chaos that was in the universe. 23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. How exactly calculated to begin quieting the storm of feeling within them! We are perishing! Like with so many other prayers we find in the Gospel, I may find that today this simple prayer resonates in my heart as I look at my family, my community, my country, our world. Jesus rebukes the disciples for their lack of faith and calms the storm. The people who go down to the sea in ships in Psalm 107 sound a lot like the disciples in Matthew: they are afraid in the face of the storm, and they cry out to God in their distress. What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him? (Matthew 8:27). Christs disciples are apt to be disquieted with fears in a stormy day, to torment themselves with jealousies that things are bad with them, and dismal conclusions that they will be worse. This seems to be in response to the press of the crowd, and makes sense of the otherwise sudden reference to the boat in verse 23. in such a way as to learn far more both of His mercy and power; in such a way, therefore, as to reach a greater calm and deeper faith in the end; and to wonder, therefore, now as much at our former fears as we did at His slumber before. THE STILLING OF THE TEMPEST (Mark 4:35; Luke 8:22). It hearkens back to what He told them recently in the Sermon on the Mount. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. He never sets From this instance we see, that great faith in the habit may appear little in act and exercise. Why are ye fearfultimorousye little-faithed souls? Which was got ready by his disciples, or hired by them for his use, according to the directions he had given, his disciples followed him. mountain gorges, are notor Matthew 8:1. He replied, 'You of little faith, why are you so afraid?'" Mt. It is a beautiful illustration of His ways of dealing with those that are His. followed him. Reflection, See. What other person can speak and have the winds and the waves obey His voice? Home COMMENTARY Lesson from Matthew 8:23-27? Christ could have prevented this storm, and have ordered them a pleasant passage, but that would not have been so much for his glory and the confirmation of their faith as their deliverance was: this storm was for their sakes, as Joh 11:4. Those that can lay their heads upon the pillow of a clear conscience, may sleep quietly and sweetly in a storm (Ps 4:8), as Peter, Ac 12:6. We accept the chronology of Mark, who explicitly He chose to go by water. Open Matthew 8:23-27. 23 As he boarded the boat, his students followed him. 24 And look! The sea became severely agitated so the boat dipped into the waves, but he was sleeping. 25 They came and roused him saying, Lord, save us! And the surface of the lake is about 600 feet below sea level. This is a miracle by Christ, demonstrating His power over the storm. (Matthew 8:5 .) personal What might you say to Jesus? Note, Christ is a Nonesuch; every thing in him is admirable: none so wise, so mighty, so amiable, as he. What is my attitude towards my own death? Choose music to play during the daily prayer. When I was four, a tornado went through our subdivision. Am I of little or of great faith? Enquire into the reasons of your fear, and weigh them.. He is saying essentially the same thing that Matthew said. Fear is irrational if we can exercise faith. This short sentence is overcharged with pronouns The church must believe Christ to be God and able to deliver them. Either way, the peril was great. And He casts all into the form of a question, thus softening rebuke, and calming their terrors by the appeal to their common sense. The story of casting out demons in the land of the Gadarenes, as told in Luke, is the lectionarys gospel reading for the same Sunday in year C. In other words, the lectionary picks out one of three versions of the story in each case. Revisiting it gives us an opportunity to experience again the drama, the fear, the relief. Matthew Chapter 8. What is there lacking except in your faith? Instead, he simply exercised divine authority in daily lifelike when he literally commanded a storm to be still and all of nature hastened to obey him (Matthew 8:23-27). The authority that Jesus has is usually demonstrated by His mighty works, His miracles. Now Jesus is revealed in His power. Jesus Words. It has all the marks and signatures of a miracle upon it; it is the Lords doing, and is marvellous in their eyes. He woke at the moment he was really needed, and calmed the waters. Jesus spoke directly to the natural order of the elements and the weather. hope He attacked the cause of their danger; the spring of their fears. an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, thereb JESUS GOT INTO THE BOAT. Upon arrival he casts out two demons. It is easy to see how these men--some of them seasoned fishermen--would have been terrified in a storm in a boat like that. Ordinarily, after a storm, there is such a fret of the waters, that it is a good while ere they can settle; but if Christ speak the word, not only the storm ceases, but all the effects of it, all the remains of it. As a sense of danger and need is a choice argument when we deal with Christ for help; so is it an ordinary forerunner of deliverance and help.7. THE CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED. He rebuked the disciples (Mt 8:26); Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? I. Christs sleep in the storm.His calm slumber is contrasted with the hurly-burly of the tempest and the fear of the crew. exegesis there, a hand outstretched to save us from anxiety, darkness and despair. They would look back on this and always remember His Why are you afraid? because they would not be so afraid again in His presence. Martin Buber I and Thou Note, They who would learn to pray must go to sea. Learn thence, That the presence of Christ itself doth not exempt his disciples and followers from trouble and danger: here is a great tempest about the disciples ears, though Christ was in their company. Mk. The Lord seems to sleep, when he permits his Church What a beautiful representation is here given of the two-fold nature (Matthew 8:26) EXPLAIN. 4). The text is brief, and we have already noted several things about it, so this part of the study should be brief as well. And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, you of little faith?" In these nature miracles, though, Jesus was demonstrating what God had intended for humans to be. Chronologically, though, it has to come later in Jesus ministry, probably in the fall of the second year of his ministry (fall of 31 A.D.). Matthews just isnt the one. 24 Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. Part. Christ and his disciples no sooner put forth to sea, but dangers attend and difficulties do accompany them: a tempest arose, and the ship was covered with waves. What is it being saved from? Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 8:23-27 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, This excited their astonishment (Mt 8:27); The men marvelled. Even though there are so many things in life that threaten our lives and cause us to fear, the more we know the Lord and His power, the less we will be afraid. when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: And he open DISCIPLESHIP IN TRAINING Observe how lovingly our Lord meets an imperfect faith. They had been with Jesus for over a year now (judging from the chronology); they should have had more confidence after hearing all His teachings and seeing all the miracles He did (little faith is also used in 6:30; 14:31; 16:8; 17:20; and Luke 12:28). I let my look rest on the desperate situations in my present life, or that of the world, and let this cry well up from the depths of my heart. Church. The psalm closes by reminding the reader that God sat sovereignly at the great Flood (Gen. 6-8). the parables which St. Matthew gives in chapter 13 There is the chaos of the storm and the dead calm which follows after the intervention of Jesus. Christ and his disciples no sooner put forth to sea, The church is tossed with tempests (Isa 54:11); it is only the upper region that enjoys a perpetual calm, this lower one is ever and anon disturbed and disturbing. Could there, indeed, have been greater love consistent with truth? One would have expected, that having Christ with them, they should have had a very favourable gale, but it is quite otherwise; for Christ would show that they who are passing with him over the ocean of this world to the other side, must expect storms by the way. [< Gk. Christ may sleep when his church is in a storm, but he will not outsleep himself: the time, the set time to favour his distressed church, will come, Ps 102:13. Our Lord, of set purpose, will lead His disciples into dangers, for the stirring up and trial of their faith, and for evidencing His own glory.2. as dative after , the after this SHIP. Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. books Though Christ is present, the storm comes, and He is sleeping through it. THE STORM ON THE LAKE. This text Matthew 8:23-27 is not in the lectionary, but that doesnt mean this story is one of those things you wouldnt know about the Bible if all you knew were the lectionary. The story as told in Mark is the lectionarys gospel reading for the fourth Sunday after Pentecost year B (that is, in a couple of weeks). He shows them and us the reason for overwhelming fear as being the deficiency in our faith. Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 We are perishing!" It was the sleep of physical exhaustion after a hard days work. St Mark, as usual, adds some interesting details: it was 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the THE STORM ON THE LAKE The Each gospel writer includes some of the things that happened there in the boat. MATTHEW 8:1 How easily this was done, with a words speaking. He does not quench the dimly burning wick, but tends it and feeds it with oilby His inward gifts and by His answers to prayertill it burns up clear and smokeless, a faith without fear. Learn hence, That the most raging winds and outrageous seas cannot stand before the rebukes of Christ; if once he rebukes them, their rage is down; God lays a law upon the most lawless creatures, even when they seem to act the most lawlessly. The Storm on the Lake. Mount Hermon to the north is over 9,000 feet high, and the Dead Sea is about 1250 feet below sea level. III. It provides another significant part to the portrayal of the King: He is not just a king over the people of Israel; rather, He is king over all nature as well. Here was a man having dominion over the earth and the sea. When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Were going to drown! Note, Christ will save none but those that are willing to take him for their Lord; for he is a Prince and a Saviour. Jesus comments on the smallness of their faith and calms the storm with a rebuke. _When the even was come, they brought unto him many that 24 Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. together. But it gives us also a clue that the storm, although only a storm, is a symptom of something else about nature. _HILDA BRIGHT_ Why are you so afraid? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. 8:23-27 When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. It is used usually against things that ought not to be, such as the weak faith of the disciples. The writer to the Hebrews quotes from that 8th psalm, and then says, Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him, but we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor . MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Matthew 8:23. But here they were afraid. The Healing of the Now the boat would not be a large one. He did not rebuke them for waking Him to ask Him to save them, but for waking Him in fear. A double rebuke given by our Saviour. But Jesus demonstrates that he has access to that same power, which hints at his divinity. Here you see the King amid the storms of nature. And behold, there arose a great te And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. Masters orders. prayer HIS DISCIPLES - Not merely 6. Of course, in the Old Testament, this is descriptive of the LORD God. Calming storms on the sea is a divine attribute, most specifically mentioned in Psalm 65:7, Psalm 89:9, and Psalm 107:25-29. Only God has power over the natural forces of the sea. The poor disciples, though used to the sea, were in a great fright, and in their fear came to their Master, Mt 8:25. Jesuss tranquility in the boat is, perhaps, a demonstration of what it means not to worry or be anxious about how things are going to turn out. 24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. At its deepest it is about 160 feet deep, depending on the fluctuation over the years. Even the winds and the waves obey Him!. The waves it generates are literally covering up the boat. After this brief chastisement, Jesus, then got up and rebuked the winds and the sea. But Matthew used a word that means of little faith while Mark says do you still have no faith? Mark did not mean to imply that the disciples had no faith at all--he has already described their following Jesus. Matthew 8:23-27. Matthew 8:18 (2.) Jesus rebuke of the disciples is contrasted with Jesus rebuke of the storm. Imagine yourself in the boat with Jesus. 4, 5) would be of interest as well since God caused a huge thunderstorm to assist Israel. been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou _CHRIST IN THE SHIP_ calm and confidence in everything of life. That is, the eastern shore, home of the Decapolis City of Hippos, a Gentile city. They were in a panic when they came to Him, not in confidence. All of that is said to be the voice of the LORD (not of Baal, the storm god of Canaan where that storm was situated). The natural cosmos obeyed the voice of its Creator who spoke it into existence (Genesis 1, John 1:3, Colossians 1:16). (Matthew 8:1 .) The sea denotes the world, the winds And, lo, there was a great swell in the sea, so that the ship was covered with the billows: and he was asleep.25. His dislike of their fears: Why are ye fearful? For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 4:35. 5-13 Compare Luk_7:1-10. It could have carried up to 15 men. Was it lack of discernment? justice people, they would understand and appreciate and love him more. Luke 8:22-25. A stillness more than the stillness of peace, though doubtless, in their circumstances, that would be blessed and deep. The disciplesapparently with some reluctanceenter a ship. (2.) He sleeps, but He never oversleeps, and there are no too-lates with Him. hermneutik (techn) interpretive (art) < hermneuts interpreter], Abraham Joshua Heschel The Sabbath As they crossed, Matthew tells his readers that a great storm suddenly arose on the sea. the waves; and he was sleeping. Mark, who relied on Peters report, recorded another. best- MATTHEWS GOOD NEWS He had not rebuked their weak faith simply to point out their weakness; He had rebuked their faith in order to show a weakness that He was now about to resolve. A simple illustration. disciples, or hired by them for his use, according to the directions (LogOut/ In different From a The voyage which followed was characterised by two principal features. Observe here, 1. Christ had given sailing orders to his disciples (Mt 8:18), that they should depart to the other side of the sea of Tiberias, into the If we assume every sozo means being saved from hell to heaven, we are liable to misread the Bible. And he said to them, Why are you afraid, you of little faith? I acknowledge my weak faith, my fear that Jesus is asleep while the gale threatens to overwhelm me. HEALING OF THE So its remarkable that Jesus is sleeping. They said among themselves What kind of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey Him? Not the waves only but the lingering swell by which such waves were usually followed. So with all three accounts we have a full picture of what took place. music The issue of would be followers having been settled Jesus now prepares _dat. He rebuked the winds and the sea (Matthew 8:26). Gospels; but St. Mark and St. Luke place them, as we have seen, after Many of us have often found ourselves swamped by huge waves of apathy, terror, doubt, despair, addiction, and distraction. word, and healed all that were sick:_ The nature of their appeal, when they came to make it, was in full accord with such feelings. Jesus Christian living And they went and woke him up, saying, "Lord, save us! The prevalence of our inordinate fears in a stormy day is owing to the weakness of our faith, which would be as an anchor to the soul, and would ply the oar of prayer. 25 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, Lord, save us, were going to drown!. Teach me that, Lord. texts that aren't in the lectionary 2. thinking about the Bible As He and his disciples were in a small (G1684) , . When the sayings were particularly important teachings, or teachings that were repeated frequently, then they might put more of the exact phrasing in their gospel reports. As we will see, the men in the boat didnt fully catch on to who Jesus was until after He rose from the dead. He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them 8). Is it beyond Him to help us? Structure. The disciples wonder at what kind of a man this was could ultimately be answered only by an understanding of the incarnation, God with us. Christ stilling the tempest.. They had never seen anything like this. The ship in which The posture our Saviour was in when the tempest arose; he being weary on the land, was fallen, asleep in the ship: our blessed Redeemer hereby sheweth himself to be truly and really man; as he took upon him our human nature, so he subjected himself to our human infirmities. One of the best known stories in the Gospels is that of Jesus calming the storm on the lake. This story has long been valued by all true disciples of Christ. It is also a sign of His calm conscience and pure heart. In addition to the items mentioned above, Mark adds some more information. Jesus power over all nature is referred to at the very beginning of the Book of Hebrews, for it begins by reminding us that Jesus is sustaining all things by His powerful (spoken) word (1:3). 27 The men were amazed and asked, What kind of man is this? Christs errand into the world was to save, but those only shall be saved that call on the name of the Lord, Ac 2:21. (1.) 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. That psalm describes a thunderstorm growing in the Mediterranean Sea and sweeping inland over Lebanon, causing damage to the trees and shaking the hills with an earthquake. The use of the word rebuke is interesting and deserves some study. But He was asleep. Storms in the voyage-even when sailing according to the The disciples application made to him; they awake him with a sad outcry Lord, save us: we perish. The reason for this is the account of the calling of Matthew is reported in Matthew 9:9, but it would have to have been before these events on and around the sea for the simple reason that Matthew was there. 24 Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. you see the King amid the storms of nature. Why are things with us thus? What does this mean for us? And when he was entered into a ship. Their petition is, Lord, save us. 26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? . In one sense, the present scene of the calming of the storm is even more striking. All motion was gone. And so his wording is meant to convey that the disciples did not have enough faith. Lord, save us! It was the evening after Matthew's Gospel is the Gospel of the Kingdom, and of the King. They believed he could save them; they begged he would. Who is this man, the disciples asked each other. The lake is in the famous rift valley, a natural fault line that runs from this region in the north down the Jordan River Valley to the Dead Sea and in fact all the way to Africa. 3. Mostly our knowledge will grow with our love of him, as both grow On the one hand, as natural to men who did not know how many moments they had to live, it was exceedingly brief and abrupt. But it should encourage us to know that even the closest disciples of Jesus were not much different at times. Matthew 8:23. StudyLght.org. But remember, in reporting the event the gospel writers are not working from a dictated record; rather, they are all telling what happened and what was said in their own words._ftn22 And while the precise wording is different in each gospel, none of them are incorrect. Which was got ready by his eveningthere were other boats with Hima great storm Maclaren, D.D. 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