Matthew Chapter 8 verse 27 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 8:27

And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
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BBE Matthew 8:27

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?
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DARBY Matthew 8:27

But the men were astonished, saying, What sort [of man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
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KJV Matthew 8:27

But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
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WBT Matthew 8:27


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WEB Matthew 8:27

The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
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YLT Matthew 8:27

and the men wondered, saying, `What kind -- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - But (Revised Version, and) the men. Perhaps the disciples ("Sic als Menschen staunch," Nosgen), but probably those to whom the boat belonged (ver. 23, note), the crew. It seems very far-fetched to explain it of all men who heard of the miracle. Marvelled. As the multitudes (Matthew 9:33; but contrast Matthew 14:33). Saying, What manner of man is this? (Ποταπός ἐστιν οϋτος). Parallel passages, "Who then?" (τίς ἄρα;). The term indicates the slightness of their knowledge of his character (probably not his origin, which, according to Phryn. [Wetstein], would be ποδαπός; though it may be doubted whether the distinction can be pressed in Hellenistic Greek). They seem, with Nicodemus, to have recognized that holiness was an essential condition of performing miracles (John 3:2), but not to have realized that this condition was satisfied in Jesus. That even the winds and the sea obey him. "Him," emphatic (αὐτῷ ὑπακούουσιν). The miracle! has been seen to be a parable of the security of the ship of the Church since at least the days of Tertullian ('De Bapt.,' § 12). (For the comparison generally of the Church to a ship, compare especially Bishop Lightfoot on Ignatius, 'Polyc.,' § it.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) The men marvelled.--This use of so vague a term as "men," as applied to the disciples, is so exceptional as to suggest the thought that there were others in the boat with them. The marvel was not without a "great fear" (Mark 4:41). The Presence among them was mightier even than they had thought, and the elements, which seemed far more removed from human control than leprosy or fever, were yet subject to His sovereignty.The spiritual application of the miracle lies so near the surface that it has almost become one of the common-places of sermons and hymns. And yet there is a profound fitness in it which never ceases to be fresh. The boat is the Church of Christ, and it sails across the ocean of the world's history to the "other side" of the life beyond the grave. The wind is the blast of persecution, and the Lord of the Church seems as though He were asleep, and heard not the cry of the sufferers, and the disciples are faint-hearted and afraid. And then He hears their prayer, and the storm of the persecution ceases, and there is a great calm, during which the Church goes on its way, and men learn to feel that it carries more than Caesar and his fortunes.