Luke 8:24

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.

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κλύδωνι

klýdōn

G2830

“wave”

Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine

Appears 2× in the Greek New Testament
First appears here

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from kluzo (to billow or dash over)

TDNT: None

1. a dashing or surging wave, a surge, a violent agitation of the sea

About this verse

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24: words
16: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is κλύδωνι wave G2830 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Greek New Testament.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:

κλύδωνι wave G2830

Shared distinctive vocabulary

κλύδωνι wave G2830 occurs in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

James 1:6

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

διήγειραν to awaken G1326 ×2
ἐπιστάτα superintendent G1988 ×2
ὁ the G3588 ×4
καὶ and G2532 ×3
δὲ but G1161 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Luke 8:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Psalms 107:25–29 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up its waves.
Luke 4:39 He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.
Psalms 104:6–9 You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
Luke 5:5 Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net."
2 Corinthians 1:9–10 Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
Psalms 65:7 Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the turmoil of the nations.
Jeremiah 5:22 Don't you fear me? says Yahweh: won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though the waves of it toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.
Nahum 1:4 He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

John 2:2–6 Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage.
Psalms 69:1–2 Save me, God, For the waters have come up to my neck!
Psalms 116:3–4 The cords of death surrounded me, The pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Matthew 14:30 But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
Psalms 142:4–5 Look on my right, and see; For there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
Isaiah 50:2 Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
Lamentations 3:54–56 Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

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Commentary

Notes on Luke 8:24 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

8:24 he rebuked the wind and the raging waves: As Jesus rebuked demons (4:41) and diseases (4:39), so now he revealed his authority by rebuking the sea (cp. 2 Sam 22:16; Pss 18:15; 104:7; 106:9; Isa 50:2; Nah 1:4).

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Bengel's Gnomon

Johann Albrecht Bengel

Luk 8:24. Ἐπιστάτα, ἐπιστάτα, Master, Master) An Epizeuxis [a repetition of the same word in the same sentence to give force. Append.] answering to the feeling of the moment.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Luk 8:24 . ἐπιστάτα : Lk.’s word for master, answering to διδάσκαλε , Mk., and κύριε , Mt. τῷ κλύδωνι τοῦ ὕδατος , the surge of the water.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(24) Master, master.—We note another characteristic feature of Luke’s phraseology. The Greek word (epistatès) which he, and he only, uses in the New Testament, is his equivalent, here and elsewhere, for the “Rabbi” or “Master” (didaskalos), in the sense of “teacher,” which we find in the other Gospels. St. Luke uses this word also, but apparently only in connection with our Lord’s actual work as a teacher, and adopts epistatès (literally, the head or president of a company, but sometimes used also of the head-master of a school or gymnasium) for other occasions. It was, as this fact implies, the more classical word of the two.

The raging of the water.—Literally, the wave or billow of the water. The term is peculiar to St. Luke’s Gospel.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

24. we perish] Rather, we are perishing! “Lord! save! we are perishing,’ Mat_8:25. “Rabbi, carest thou not that we are perishing?” Mar_4:38. The peril was evidently most imminent.

Then he rose] Rather, But He, being roused from sleep.

rebuked the wind] speaking to the wind and the billows of the water as though they were living powers (Psa_106:9, “He rebuked the Red Sea also”), or to the evil powers which may be conceived to wield them to the danger of mankind. St Mark alone preserves the two words uttered “Hush! be stilled!” the first to silence the roar, the second the tumult. St Matthew tells us that He quietly uttered ‘Why are ye cowards, ye of little faith?’ and then, having stilled the tumult of their minds, rose and stilled the tempest.

Where is your faith?] “They had some faith, but it was not ready at hand.” Bengel.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And he said unto them, where is your faith?.... That is, he said so to his disciples, who had professed faith in him, but now discovered very little:

and they being afraid, wondered; being filled with awful sense of his majesty, were amazed at his power and authority, in rebuking the wind and sea, which at once obeyed him, and were still:

saying one another; among themselves, privately:

what manner of man is this? for he commandeth even the winds and water; or the sea, as the Vulgate Latin. The Syriac version reads both, "the floods and the sea";

and they obey him: according to Matthew, these words seem to be spoken by the men of the ship, the mariners; but here, according to Luke, they seem to be the words of the disciples; See Gill on Mat 8:27, Mar 4:41.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

Ver. 24. See Mat 8:23; Mar 4:36.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

In this Christ evidently shews two distinct natures; his human nature, denoted by his sleep; and his divine nature by stilling the tempest at sea. (Ven. Bede)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

rebuked

spoke sharply to

the raging of the water

"the violent waves"

they ceased

"the wind and the waves stopped" or "they became still"

Where is your faith?

Jesus rebukes them mildly because they do not trust him to take care of them. This can be written as a statement. AT: "You should have faith!" or "You should trust me!" (See: Rhetorical Question)

Who then is this ... obey him?

"What kind of man is this ... obey him?" This question expresses shock and confusion over how Jesus is able to control the storm. (See: Rhetorical Question)

Who then is this, that he commands ... obey him?

This can be turned into two sentences: "Who then is this? He commands ... obey him!"

translationWords

lord

rebuke

faith

amazed

command

obey

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

24. ἀπολλύμεθα. ‘We are perishing!’ ‘Lord! save! we are perishing,’ Mat 8:25. ‘Rabbi, carest thou not that we are perishing?’ Mar 4:38. The peril was evidently most imminent.

ὁ δὲ διεγερθείς. ‘But He, being roused from sleep.’

ἐπετίμησεν τῷ ἀνέμῳ. Speaking to the wind and the billows of the water as though they were living powers (Psa 106:9, “He rebuked the Red Sea also”), or to the evil powers which may be conceived to wield them to the danger of mankind. St Mark alone preserves the two words uttered “Hush! be stilled!” the first to silence the roar, the second the tumult. St Matthew tells us that He quietly uttered ‘Why are ye cowards, ye of little faith?’ and then, having stilled the tumult of their minds, rose and stilled the tempest.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Alford’s Greek Testament

Henry Alford

24.] See notes on Matt.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

24. Ἐπιστάτα, ἑπιστάτα. See on 5:5. The doubling of the name is here peculiar to Lk. Comp. 10:41, 22:31; Act 9:4, Act 22:7, Act 24:14. Mt. has Κύριε, Mk. Διδάσκαλε. Auguskins has some good remarks as to the differences between the exclamations attributed to the disciples in the three narratives. “There is no need to inquire which of these exclamations was really uttered. For whether they uttered some one of these three, or other words which no one of the Evangelists has recorded, yet conveying the same sense, what does it matter?” (De Cons. Evang. ii. 24, 25).

ἐπετίμησεν τῷ ἀνέμῳ καὶ τῷ κλύδωνι. This does not prove that Lk. regarded the storm as a personal agent: both the wind and its effect are “rebuked,” a word which represents the disciples’ view of the action. See on 4:39. A κλύδων (κλύζειν “wash against”) is larger than a κῦμα (Jas 1:6 ; Jon 1:4, Jon 1:12 ; Wisd. 14:5; 1 Mac. 6:11; 4 Mac. 7:5, 15:31).

γαλήνη. Mt. and Mk. add μεγάλη: the word is common elsewhere, but in N.T. occurs only in this narrative. The sudden calm in the sea showed the reality of the miracle. Wind may cease suddenly, but the water which it has agitated continues to work for a long time afterwards. In Mk., as here, the stilling of the tempest precedes the rebuke: Mt. transposes the order of the two incidents. In both the rebuke is sharper than in Lk., who “ever spares the Twelve” (Schanz). See on 6:13 and 22:45.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament

Marvin R. Vincent

Master. See on ch. Luk 5:5.

Rebuked. Compare the more detailed narrative of Mr 4:39, and see notes there. Wyc., blamed.

The raging [κλυδωνι] . See on Jas 1:6.

Arose [διεγερθεις] . Wrong. It is the word used just before, awoke. Lit., having been thoroughly awakened. Rev., correctly, he awoke. Luke is especially fond of compounds with dia.

A calm. Matthew and Mark have "a great calm."

Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

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Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 24 words (16 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is klýdōn (“wave”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “wave” (klýdōn) shape what this verse is saying?
This is the first place “wave” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
How does James 1:6, which shares the word «wave», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “to awaken” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
Compare how Tyndale Open Study Notes and Bengel's Gnomon read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
These translations choose different wording for 13 words in this verse.
“to awaken” occurs 2× in this single verse.
16 distinct Greek lemmas span 24 words in this verse.