Matthew 8:25

25 And they came [and] woke him, saying, "Lord, save [us]! We are perishing!"

Matthew 8:25 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 8:25

And his disciples came unto him
From some other part of the ship, being in great consternation, and distress,

and awoke him; saying, Lord, save us, we perish.
They awoke him by their loud cries, and repeated calls; for in Luke, the form of address is doubled, "Master, Master!" expressing their distress, importunity, and haste for deliverance saying, "save us, we perish", or "we are lost": which shows the apprehensions they had of their condition; not only that they were in danger of being lost, or were ready to be lost, but were lost: they saw no probability of escaping by any natural, rational methods: wherefore they apply to Christ, believing that he was able to save them, in this their extremity; as they had indeed a great deal of reason to conclude, from the miracles they had that day seen performed by him.

Matthew 8:25 In-Context

23 And [as] he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

24 And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being inundated by the waves, but he himself was asleep.

25 And they came [and] woke him, saying, "Lord, save [us]! We are perishing!"

26 And he said to them, "Why are you fearful, [you] of little faith?" Then he got up [and] rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm.

27 And the men were astonished, saying, "What sort of [man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation