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21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”

Wind and Wave Obey Jesus

22 aNow it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.” And they launched out.  
23 But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in1 jeopardy.  
24 And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm.
25 But He said to them, a“Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, b“Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!”  

A Demon-Possessed Man Healed

26 aThen they sailed to the country of the1 Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.  
27 And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city who had demons1 for a long time. And he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house but in the tombs.  
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Luke 8:23

He fell asleep (afupnwsen). First aorist (ingressive) active indicative of afupnow, to put to sleep, to fall off to sleep, a late verb for which the older Greek used kaqupnow. Originally afupnow meant to waken from sleep, then to fall off to sleep (possibly a medical use). This is the only passage which speaks of the sleep of Jesus. Here only in the N.T.

Came down (katebh). Second aorist active indicative of katabainw, common verb. It was literally true. These wind storms (lailay. So also Mark 4:37) rushed from Hermon down through the Jordan gorge upon the Sea of Galilee and shook it like a tempest (Matthew 8:24). Mark's (Mark 4:37) vivid use of the dramatic present ginetai (ariseth) is not so precise as Luke's "came down." See on Matthew 8:24. These sudden squalls were dangerous on this small lake.

They were filling (suneplhrounto). Imperfect passive. It was the boat that was being filled (Mark 4:37) and it is here applied to the navigators as sailors sometimes spoke. An old verb, but in the N.T. used only by Luke (Luke 8:23; Luke 9:51; Acts 2:1).

Were in jeopardy (ekinduneuon). Imperfect active, vivid description. Old verb, but in the N.T. only here, Acts 19:27; I Corinthians 15:30.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 8:23:

Matthew 8:24
Mark 4:37
Luke 8:23
Luke 9:51
Acts 2:1
Acts 19:40
1 Corinthians 15:30
2 Peter 2:17

 

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