Matthew 8:27
New International Version
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”

New Living Translation
The disciples were amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked. “Even the winds and waves obey him!”

English Standard Version
And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”

Berean Standard Bible
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

Berean Literal Bible
And the men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"

King James Bible
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

New King James Version
So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

New American Standard Bible
The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

NASB 1995
The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

NASB 1977
And the men marveled, saying, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Legacy Standard Bible
And the men marveled, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Amplified Bible
The men wondered in amazement, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Christian Standard Bible
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him! ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this?—even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

American Standard Version
And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the men were shocked and were saying, “Who is this, that the wind and the sea obey him?”

Contemporary English Version
The men in the boat were amazed and said, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him."

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?

English Revised Version
And the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

Good News Translation
Everyone was amazed. "What kind of man is this?" they said. "Even the winds and the waves obey him!"

International Standard Version
The men were amazed. "What kind of man is this?" they asked. "Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

Literal Standard Version
and the men wondered, saying, “What kind—is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

Majority Standard Bible
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

New American Bible
The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?”

NET Bible
And the men were amazed and said, "What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

New Revised Standard Version
They were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”

New Heart English Bible
And the men were amazed, saying, "What kind of person is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

Webster's Bible Translation
But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

Weymouth New Testament
and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, "What kind of man is this? for the very winds and waves obey him!"

World English Bible
The men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Young's Literal Translation
and the men wondered, saying, 'What kind -- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

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Context
Jesus Calms the Storm
26“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. 27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!” 28When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.…

Cross References
Matthew 8:10
When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, "Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

Matthew 8:26
"You of little faith," Jesus replied, "why are you so afraid?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

Matthew 8:28
When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.


Treasury of Scripture

But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

Matthew 14:33
Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

Matthew 15:31
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

Mark 1:27
And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

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Matthew 8
1. Jesus cleanses the leper;
5. heals the centurion's servant,
14. Peter's mother in law,
16. and many others;
18. shows the cost of following him;
23. stills the storm on the sea;
28. drives the demons out of two men possessed;
31. and tells them to go into the pigs.














(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.

Verse 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.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[The] men
ἄνθρωποι (anthrōpoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

were amazed
ἐθαύμασαν (ethaumasan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2296: (a) intrans: I wonder, marvel, (b) trans: I wonder at, admire. From thauma; to wonder; by implication, to admire.

[and] asked,
λέγοντες (legontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“What kind [of man]
Ποταπός (Potapos)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4217: Of what kind, of what manner. Apparently from pote and the base of pou; interrogatively, whatever, i.e. Of what possible sort.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

this?
οὗτος (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

Even
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

winds
ἄνεμοι (anemoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 417: The wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines. From the base of aer; wind; by implication, quarters.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sea
θάλασσα (thalassa)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2281: Probably prolonged from hals; the sea.

obey
ὑπακούουσιν (hypakouousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 5219: From hupo and akouo; to hear under, i.e. To listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority.

Him!”
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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