The Healing of the Leper. Jesus Christ was asleep in this storm. The boat that Jesus used to cross the sea was probably around this size. 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 country of Gadara, in the tribe of Gad, which lay east of Jordan; thither he would go to rescue a poor creature that was possessed with a legion of devils, though he foresaw how he should be affronted there. 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, who knows what it is to be at sea, and to be in storms there. Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat, but Jesus . The message of the passage is rather straightforward: Jesus has authority over nature. Similarly, but a little more problematic, Jesus rebuke of the disciples is stated differently in the gospels. One thinks immediately of creation where by His word the LORD brought everything into existence, even including controlling the seas (Gen. 1). Ensuring your father had a proper burial was among the . the science or art of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures. He would be accepted by the nations, as is the case in the book of [2.] Then, after standing up, He reprimanded the winds and the lake, and they became incredibly calm. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? As they cross the sea, a great storm arises and threatens to sink their boat and drown them all. They left the crowd behind. Matthew 5:1, JESUS CALMS THE STORM MATTHEW 8:23-27; MARK 4:35-41; LUKE 8:22-25; Jesus Christ Less remarkable, perhaps, that the others wake him up. mountain gorges, are notor Matthew 8:1. Are you not worth much more than they? chapter 9:1-8 the king continues to display his royal power chapter 9:9-13 the grace of the kingdom chapter 9:14-17 the joy of the kingdom chapter 9:18-26 the king's dominion over disease and death chapter 9:27-31 the king's touch healing the . 1 a When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. In our story Jesus must have gotten into the boat in the region of Capernaum, on the north west shore, because He got out of the boat on the other side near Kursi (on the eastern shore about half way down the coast). Mt 27:54 Mk 15:39 Lu 7:2-10 Ac 10:1-33 22:25 23:17,23 27:13,31,43 Matthew 8 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries; who followed Him must be ready to put all other considerations to JESUS STILLS THE STORM (8:23-27). Matthew 8:23-27. The seven woes are addressed to the teachers of the law and Pharisees; in one of the woes, He calls them "blind guides" ( Matthew 23:16 ). One of the best known stories in the Gospels is that of Jesus calming the storm on the lake. CLOSER READING: In verse 24, the storm that happens is literally a quake the Greek word that gives us our words seismograph and seismic. sing. He also knew that the people in the surrounding Gentile region . Uniform Series The two narratives that follow are brought together in all three All this is a symbol of our individual lives, as well as of the history of the church.A. And some of the scribes said to themselves, "This fellow blasphemes.". And behold, there arose a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the . It is always good to pay close attention to the exact words of Jesus in a passage. Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25. I. Christs sleep in the storm.His calm slumber is contrasted with the hurly-burly of the tempest and the fear of the crew. Those who are passing with Christ over the ocean of this world, must expect storms. (Prayer) Look with me if you will at your Bible and notice verse 18. The "boat" which probably to . 24 A windstorm arose on the sea, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. Mt. 3. The disciples wake Him and ask Him to save them. He rebuked the disciples (Mt 8:26); Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? personal responsibility Upon arrival he casts out two demons. wisdom Moses commanded the waters with a rod; Joshua, with the ark of the covenant; Elisha, with the prophets mantle; but Christ with a word. 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. multitudes followed him. I. I have always been frightened by tornadoes. The Lesson of the Storm - Matthew 8:23-27. theology 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. 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. ENTERED INTO A CHAPTER 8 (Matthew 8:1 .) So with all three accounts we have a full picture of what took place. Note, They who would learn to pray must go to sea. Home COMMENTARY What is the meaning of Matthew 8:23-27? 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. Dr Ross joined the faculty of Beeson Divinity School in 2002 as Beeson Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew. Save us is the language of faith; we perish is that of fear. grace 24 Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. 2. 25 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, Lord, save us, were going to drown!. Christ had given sailing orders to his disciples ( Matt. There were also other boats with Him. 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 when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. ship where they were to suffer. 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. Does He care for us at all? Here was a man having dominion over the earth and the sea. Mighty God, who speaks a word of peace to calm our troubled sea; Caring God, who nudges us away from fear and toward faith; Ever-present God, who fills us with awe but also raises many questions without easy answers; They said among themselves What kind of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey Him? hermneutik (techn) interpretive (art) < hermneuts interpreter], Abraham Joshua Heschel The Sabbath It could have carried up to 15 men. When storms come we tend to waver in our faith. Matthew 8:23-27 demonstrates Jesus' authority over nature. This one truly has authority. 26 He replied, You of little faith! 23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us . He attacked the cause of their danger; the spring of their fears. What is being saved? 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. It is the same power that stills the noise of the sea, and the tumult of fear, Ps 65:7. It was in the evening (4:35); Jesus said, Let us pass over to the other side (4:35); there were other boats that went along side (4:36); Jesus was in the stern sleeping on a cushion (4:38); when Jesus rebuked the storm He said, Peace! A faith which does not wholly suppress fear may still be most real; and the highest faith has ever the consciousness that unless Christ help, and that speedily, we perish. After this brief chastisement, Jesus, then got up and rebuked the winds and the sea. He is saying essentially the same thing that Matthew said. 24 Without warning, a furious storm came up on . 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. In this case, what is being saved is the disciples physical lives. When evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake.". Wilson, a nine-time Pro Bowler in Seattle, last offseason engineered his way to Denver (and to a new . The Stilling of the Tempest. Sea They follow Jesus into the boat (R. V.). 3. The other accounts describe their fear more than Matthew, but you can hear it in their words to Jesus in Matthews account as well: Were going to drown. A number of these men were experienced fishermen, who had been on the lake in storms before. Part. Spurgeon Gems - C. H. Spurgeon Sermons & Other Resources evening-there were other little ships-a great storm of wind the waves Turn to Matthew 8:23-27 and follow with me as I read our text for this morning. commonly used for fishing on the lake. In Matthews gospel, the story comes near the beginning of Jesuss ministry: after calling some not all of the disciples, and then after the Sermon on the Mount, and then after some dramatic healings of a man with leprosy, of a centurions servant, and of Peters mother-in-law. ILLUS - Divine intervention on Snoqualmie Pass. The fearfulness of Christs disciples in a storm, and their unbelief, the cause of it, are very displeasing to the Lord Jesus, for they reflect dishonour upon him, and create disturbance to themselves. Storms in the voyage-even when sailing according to the 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. Jesus questions the disciples fear, calls them little faiths same word as last week and then rebukes or warns the wind and the waves. Were going to drown. Mark says that the disciples said, Teacher, dont you care if we drown? Luke says that they said, Master, Master, were going to drown. Now this apparent discrepancy as it is often called affords us a good opportunity to understand the synoptic gospels. 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. 1. In both stories: The disciples are in a boat. Matthew 8:28. liturgy Jesus also gives brief teachings about the hard road of following Him on earth. Matthew is mentioned in Matthew 9:9 and Matthew 10:3 as a tax collector who, while sitting at the "receipt of custom" in Capernaum, was called to follow Jesus. Those who are passing with Christ over the ocean of this world, must expect . Is it beyond Him to help us? The reason of it; Even the winds and the sea obey him. As a child, I had many nightmares about tornadoes. Calming storms on the sea is a divine attribute, most specifically mentioned in Psalm 65:7, Psalm 89:9, and Psalm 107:25-29. John Nolland, The Gospel of Matthew: A Commentary on the Greek Text, New International Greek Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005), 371: But that is a stilted bookish view and totally unrealistic. been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou _CHRIST IN THE SHIP_ Whil MATTHEWNOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah: 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. he had given, Mark says, "they feared exceedingly"; and Luke, "they being afraid, wondered": they were filled with astonishment and fear, or reverence: there was such a shine of majesty, such a lustre of divine power appeared in this affair. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER. 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. His discovery of the cause and spring of their fears; O ye of little faith. Where was our faith? As we will see, the men in the boat didnt fully catch on to who Jesus was until after He rose from the dead. This is part of the overall presentation of the king in these chapters as one who has the authority to do all the things that He said He came to do. It is now on display in a lovely new museum there on the shores of the lake at Genneseret. The Cleansing of a Leper. We are perishing!" And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, you of little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. Gates of Prayer This little passage is rather straightforward in its structure. 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. Here we have a very human characteristic. Luke simply summarized it in a question to capture the essence of the rebuke. at a later point. Why are ye fearfultimorousye little-faithed souls? small open row boat, large enough We are dying!" thinking about the Bible If we assume every sozo means being saved from hell to heaven, we are liable to misread the Bible. . He does not chide them for disturbing him with their prayers, but for disturbing themselves with their fears. Matthew 8:23-27. A typical boat on the Sea of Galilee was relatively small. What does this mean for us? The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary, Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary, College Press Bible Study Textbook Series, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch, G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible, Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible, Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols), Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, The Great Commentary of Cornelius Lapide, Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith. 25 And they went and woke him up, saying, "Lord, save us! Boat is. him. When Jesus calmed the storm, then, He was demonstrating that He has the power of heaven at His command. _And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples Being weary, He falls asleep.4. _dat. A vessel making for the East would be especially exposed to that wind; and the waves raised by it would naturally drive over its prow so as to cover the decks of such a boat where it had them, and fill it where it had none (Matthew 8:24; Mark 4:37). In the Others pretended to cure diseases, but he only undertook to command the winds. you see the King amid the storms of nature. This story is similar to Matthew 8:23-27, where a storm threatened to sink the boat while Jesus slept. MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 24. The story is placed here in chapter 8 no doubt to be a part of this demonstration of Jesus authority. Whither else should they go? The Lord sits upon the floods, and is mightier than the noise of many waters. This excited their astonishment (Mt 8:27); The men marvelled. Stilling of the waves. When I was four, a tornado went through our subdivision. Mount Hermon to the north is over 9,000 feet high, and the Dead Sea is about 1250 feet below sea level. Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. It is a simple word made up of syn, with, and optics, vision, sight. In the first story, there is a great storm, waves swamp the boat, and the disciples fear . but dangers attend and difficulties do accompany them:. A BOAT. dat. Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 But it was their fear that betrayed the weakness of their faith. As our evangelist is giving a collection of healing incidents, the introduction of Matthew 8:18-22, disciple interviews, and even of Matthew 8:23-27, a nature miracle, needs an explanation. The storms obey when Jesus says "Peace, be still. As He lay asleep He showed the weakness of manhood; but He woke to manifest the power of indwelling Divinity. part. She arose from the bed and began to To read about the Savior casting devils out of possessed men, see the commentary for Mark 5:1-20. Sometimes the powerful word of the Lord is described in very vivid pictures, such as in Revelation as the sharp, two-edged sword that comes out of His mouth and will strike the nations (19:15). This text - Matthew 8:23-27 - is not in the lectionary, but that doesn't mean this story is one of those things you wouldn't know about the Bible if . Now the boat would not be a large one. WAVERING DISCIPLES - Vss. The disciples said all these things and probably more as well. church Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. The other rebuke was but the sequel to this; its complement, as it were. Help, Lord, we perish (see R.V.). The church may be like to be drowned, and Christ may seem to neglect the matter.5. And, look religion Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.". call to worship Though Christ is present, the storm comes, and He is sleeping through it. Let the sinners in Zion be afraid, let heathen mariners tremble in a storm, but you shall not be so. We might imagine Mom or Dad saying cut it out! to the kids bickering in the back seat of the car. CLICK VERSE To go directly to that verse. 2. HEALING OF THE And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead." -Matthew 8:21-22. The ship or fishing-boat, i.e. Matthew 8:1 Matthew 8:2 . Gospels; but St. Mark and St. Luke place them, as we have seen, after But the men marvelled. A storm arose while the disciples were following their Master. 1. politics They are not contradictory statements; they are not discrepancies. When we have concluded Revelation, we will start over again in Genesis, so if you are with us for five years you will not miss any part of the Bible. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window). The man was saying that someday he wanted to follow Jesus, when his father was dead and when he would be free to go. He enjoys doing things that are simply too hard . 18 When Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave the order to go to the other side of the sea. (1.) semi-independent confeder GENERAL CHARACTER. INTRODUCTORY WORDS Christian ideas and practices This story has long been valued by all true disciples of Christ. But add the speeches and we see that Jesus calmed the storm at their request for help, but before He did it He rebuked them for their weak faith. 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). So it is always in His life, where, side by side with the signs of humiliation and participation in mans weakness, we ever have tokens of His Divinity breaking through the veil. It was the stillness of wonder; the hush of bewilderment; the silence of awe. But there are a couple of apparent difficulties that you would have to deal with in studying this passage. CHAPTER 8 2 Even if the writers were relying on a separate and earlier source of Jesus sayings and works, as much of modern scholarship assumes, they still had the freedom to put it in their own words to suit their purpose, yet never making it say something Jesus did not say or mean. And so his wording is meant to convey that the disciples did not have enough faith. The disciplesapparently with some reluctanceenter a ship. 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