Mǎtaìfúyīn 8:26

26 Yēsū shuō , nǐmen zhè xiǎo xìn de rén nǎ , wèishénme dǎnqiè ne . yúshì qǐlai , chìzé fēng hé hǎi , fēng hé hǎi jiù dàdà de píngjìng le .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 8:26 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 8:26

And he saith unto them, why are ye fearful?
&c.] Though they had some faith in him, yet there was a great deal of fear and unbelief, for which Christ blames them, saying,

O ye of little faith: (See Gill on Matthew 6:30). In Luke, the phrase is, "where is your faith?" what is become of it? You professed but just now to believe in me, is your faith gone already? In Mark it is, "how is it that ye have no faith?" That is, in exercise, their faith was very small, it could hardly be discerned: some faith they had, as appears by their application to him, but it was very little. They had no faith in him, as sleeping, that he could deliver them; but had some little faith in him that he might, could he be awaked out of sleep; and for this Christ blames them; for he, as the eternal God, was as able to save them sleeping as waking.

Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a
great calm:
being awaked by his disciples, he raises his head from his pillow, stands up, and with a majestic voice, in an authoritative manner, showing some kind of resentment at the wind and sea, as if they had exceeded their commission; and the one had blown, and the other raged too much and too long; he rebukes them in such language as this, "peace, be still"; (siwpa pefimwso) , as it is in Mark, be silent, hold your peace, stop your mouth, put a bridle on it, as the words used signify; and go on no longer to threaten with shipwreck and loss of lives; upon which the wind ceased, the sea became calm, and the ship moved quietly on.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 8:26 In-Context

24 Hǎi lǐ hūrán qǐ le bàofēng , shènzhì chuán beì bō làng yǎngaì . Yēsū què shuì zhe le .

25 Méntǔ lái jiàoxǐng le tā , shuō , Zhǔ a , jiù wǒmen , wǒmen sàngméng la .

26 Yēsū shuō , nǐmen zhè xiǎo xìn de rén nǎ , wèishénme dǎnqiè ne . yúshì qǐlai , chìzé fēng hé hǎi , fēng hé hǎi jiù dàdà de píngjìng le .

27 Zhòngrén xīqí shuō , zhè shì zĕnyàng de rén , lián fēng hé hǎi yĕ tīng cóng tā le .

28 Yēsū jì dù dào nàbiān qù , lái dào jiādàlārén de dìfang , jiù yǒu liǎng ge beì guǐ fù de rén , cóng fùnyíng lǐ chūlai yíng zhe tā , jíqí xiōngmĕng , shènzhì méiyǒu rén néng cóng nà tiaó lù shang jīngguò .