Luke 8:25 (WEB)
He said to them, “Where is your faith?” Being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, “Who is this then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”
Fathers and councils · 18
Augustine of Hippo
““Where is your faith?”” — editor's note: Luke viii. 25.
Read the whole comment“…who were possessed with the fierce devil, and who brake their bands and were driven into the wilderness,—are given also in like manner by Mark and Luke.” — editor's note: Mark iv. 36; Luke viii. 22–37.
Read the whole comment“…the incidents of the ship in which Jesus was asleep, and the miracle performed in the expulsion of the devils in the country of the Gerasenes,—two events which Matthew has already recalled and introduced at an earlier stage of his record.” — editor's note: Mark iv. 35, v. 17; Luke viii. 22–37. [On the variations in the name, see critical editions of Greek text. Comp. Revised Version. The Latin versions generally…
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Tertullian
“But “what manner of man is this? for He commandeth even the winds and water!”” — editor's note: Luke viii. 25.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
When the disciples saw that all men received help from Christ, it seemed fitting that they themselves also should in turn rejoice in the benefits of Christ. For no one regards that which happens in the person of…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Luke indeed avoids the question which might be put to him with regard to the order of time, saying, that He went into a ship on a certain day. Now if the storm had arisen when our Lord was awake, the disciples either…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
We are told above, moreover, that He passed the night in prayer. How then does He here fall asleep in a storm? The security of power is expressed, that while all were afraid, He alone lay fearless; but He lay asleep…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
But it seems to have been especially and wonderfully ordained that they should not seek His assistance when first the storm began to affect the boat, but after the danger had increased, in order that the power of the…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
Matthew says, Master, save us, we perish. Mark, Master, carest thou not that we perish? There is the same expression in all of men awakening our Lord, and anxious for their safety. Nor is it worth while to enquire…
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But it could not be that they should perish while the Almighty was with them. Christ then arose, Who has power over all things, and immediately quells the storm and the violence of the wind, and the tempest ceased,…
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But together with the raging of the waters, He quiets also the tumult of their souls, as it follows, And he said unto them, Where is your faith? By which word He shewed, that it is not so much the assault of…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
Now this is related by the other Evangelists in different words. For Matthew says, that Jesus said, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? (Matt. 8.) but Mark as follows, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
When the tempest was quelled at the command of Christ, the disciples in astonishment whispered one to the other, as it follows, And they being afraid wondered, &c. Now the disciples said not this as ignorant of Him,…
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Or, it was not His disciples, but the sailors and others in the ship who wondered. But allegorically, the sea or lake is the dark and bitter tide of the world, the ship is the wood of the cross, by help of which the…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Our Lord therefore, who knew that He came upon earth for a divine mystery, having left His kinsfolk, went up into the ship.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
His disciples also, when summoned, enter in with Him. Hence He says, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Mat. 16:24.) While His disciples are sailing, that is,…
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You must remember that no one can pass from the course of this life without temptations, for temptation is the trial of faith. We are therefore subject to the storms of spiritual wickedness, but as watchful sailors…
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In like manner, when He appeared after His death to His disciples, He upbraided them with their unbelief, (Mark 16:14.) and thus having calmed the swelling waves, He made plain to all the power of His divinity.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Bede on Luke 8:22–25 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 8:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 8:22–25 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 8:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).