Matthew 8:24 (WEB)
Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.
Fathers and councils · 33
Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“Now in a mystery, the ship of Peter, according to Matthew, is beaten about by the waves, (Matt. 8:24.) according to Luke, is filled with fishes, in order that you might understand the Church at first wavering, at last abounding.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“The Church then labouring in such times, like a ship in great waves and tempests, awaketh the Lord as if He were sleeping, that He should command the winds, and calm should be restored.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24–26.
Read the whole comment“For in them Christ was sleeping, therefore were they tossed: Christ awoke (as but now we heard out of the Gospel), He commanded the winds, and they were still.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24–26.
Read the whole comment“The sea was raging, the bark wherein the disciples were sailing was being tossed; but Christ was sleeping: at length it was seen by them that among them was sleeping the Ruler and Creator of winds; they drew near and awoke Christ; He commanded the winds, and there was a great calm.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24, 25.
Read the whole comment“Christ slept in the ship, while the men were perishing.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24, 25.
Read the whole comment“Let us keep watch on the Wood; even in the water, even on the waves, we are safe: let not Christ sleep, let not faith sleep; if He hath slept, let Him be awakened; He will command the winds; He will calm the sea; the voyage will be ended, and we shall rejoice in our country.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24–26.
Read the whole commentChapter XXIV.—Of the Lord’s Crossing the Lake on that Occasion on Which He Slept in the Vessel, and of the Casting Out of Those Devils Whom He Suffered to Go into the Swine; And of the Consistency of the Accounts…
Read the whole comment“…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: Matt. viii. 23–34.
Read the whole comment“That ship in which Christ is asleep, is the heart in which faith is asleep.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24.
Read the whole comment“Christ arose, laid His commands on the winds and waves, and there ensued a great calm.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24–26.
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John Chrysostom
“Matt. VIII. 23, 24.” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“Others make the suggestion (forced enough, clearly “that the apostles then served the turn of baptism when in their little ship, were sprinkled and covered with the waves: that Peter himself also was immersed enough when he walked on the sea.”” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24; xiv. 28, 29. [Our author seems to allow that sprinkling is baptism, but not Christian baptism: a very curious passage. Compare the…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And if you like even more humble than these; such as speak of His sleeping, hungering, being in an agony, and fearing; or perhaps you would make even His Cross and Death a matter of reproach to Him.” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24; Mark iv. 38.
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Aphrahat
“…when He went forth to the wilderness to be tempted; though He was a Watcher that slumbers not, He yet slumbered and slept in the ship in the midst of the sea; and though He was ministered to in the Tabernacle of His Father, yet let Himself be served by the hands of men; though He was the healer of all sick men, yet…” — editor's note: Matt. viii. 24.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
Christ having performed many great and wonderful things on the land, passes to the sea, that there also He might shew forth His excellent power, presenting Himself before all men as the Lord of both earth and sea.…
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He took His disciples with Him, and in a boat, that they might learn two lessons; first, not to be confounded in dangers, secondly, to think lowly of themselves in honour. That they should not think great things of…
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Therefore, having entered into the boat He cause the sea to rise; “And, to, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the boat was covered by the waves.” This tempest did not arise of itself, but in obedience…
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They had seen others made partakers of Christ’s mercies, but forasmuch as no man has so strong a sense of those things that are done in the person of another as of what is done to himself, it behoved that in their…
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Wonderful, stupendous event! He that never slumbereth nor sleepeth, is said to be asleep. He slept with His body, but was awake in His Deity, shewing that He bare a truly human body which He had taken on Him,…
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Of this miracle we have a type in Jonah, who while all are in danger is himself unconcerned, sleeps, and is awakened.
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O ye true disciples! ye have the Saviour with you, and do ye fear danger? Life itself is among you, and are ye afraid of death? They would answer, We are yet children, and weak; and are therefore afraid; whence it…
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If any should say, that this was a sign of no small faith to go and rouse Jesus; it is rather a sign that they had not a right opinion concerning Him. They knew that when wakened He could rebuke the waves, but they…
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From this passage we understand, that all creation is conscious of its Creator; for what may be rebuked and commanded is conscious of the mind commanding. I do not mean as some heretics hold, that the whole creation…
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Therefore He gave commandment to the winds and the sea, and from a great storm it because a great calm. For it behoves Him that is great to do great things; therefore He who first greatly stirred the depths of the…
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Observe also that the storm is stilled at once entirely, and no trace of disturbance appears; which is beyond nature; for when a storm ceases in the course of nature, yet the water is wont to be agitated for some…
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Chrysostom explains thus, “What manner of man is this?” His sleeping and His appearance shewed the man; the sea and the calm pointed out the God.
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But who were the men that marvelled? You must not think that the Apostles are here meant, for we never find the Lord’s disciples mentioned with disrespect; they are always called either the Disciples or the Apostles.…
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But if any shall content that it was the disciples who wondered, we shall answer they are rightly spoken of as ‘the men,’ seeing they had not yet learnt the power of the Saviour.
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This is not a question, “What manner of man is this?” but an affirmation that He is one whom the winds and the sea obey, “What manner of man then is this?” that is, how powerful, how mighty, how great! He commands…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
Or; He sleeps, because by our sloth He is cast asleep in us. This is done that we may hope aid from God in fear of danger; and that hope though late may be confident that it shall escape danger by the might of Christ…
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Let us therefore come to Him with joy, saying with the Prophet, “Arise, O Lord, why sleepest thou?” [Ps 44:23] And He will command the winds, that is, the daemons, who raise the waves, that is, the rulers of the…
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Otherwise; The sea is the turmoil of the world; the boat in which Christ is embarked is to be understood the tree of the cross, by the aid of which the faithful having passed the waves of the world, arrive in their…
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Or; The boat is the present Church, in which Christ passes over the sea of this world with His own, and stills the waves of persecution. Wherefore we may wonder, and give thanks.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 8:23–27 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 5:4–7 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 5:4–7 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 5:4–7 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 5:4–7 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 8:23–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 8:23–27 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 8:23–27 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 8:23–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).