Luke 8:25

And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.

EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(25) What manner of man.—Better, Who then is this?

And water.—Better, and the water.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

8:22-40 Those that put to sea in a calm, even at Christ's word, must yet prepare for a storm, and for great peril in that storm. There is no relief for souls under a sense of guilt, and fear of wrath, but to go to Christ, and call him Master, and say, I am undone, if thou dost not help me. When our dangers are over, it becomes us to take to ourselves the shame of our own fears, and to give Christ the glory of our deliverance. We may learn much out of this history concerning the world of infernal, malignant spirits, which though not working now exactly in the same way as then, yet all must at all times carefully guard against. And these malignant spirits are very numerous. They have enmity to man and all his comforts. Those under Christ's government are sweetly led with the bands of love; those under the devil's government are furiously driven. Oh what a comfort it is to the believer, that all the powers of darkness are under the control of the Lord Jesus! It is a miracle of mercy, if those whom Satan possesses, are not brought to destruction and eternal ruin. Christ will not stay with those who slight him; perhaps he may no more return to them, while others are waiting for him, and glad to receive him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the Matthew 8:23-34 notes, and Mark 5:1-20 notes.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

23. filled—literally, "were getting filled," that is, those who sailed; meaning that their ship was so.

Matthew Poole's Commentary

See Poole on "Luke 8:22"

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto them, where is your faith?.... That is, he said so to his disciples, who had professed faith in him, but now discovered very little:

and they being afraid, wondered; being filled with awful sense of his majesty, were amazed at his power and authority, in rebuking the wind and sea, which at once obeyed him, and were still:

saying one another; among themselves, privately:

what manner of man is this? for he commandeth even the winds and water; or the sea, as the Vulgate Latin. The Syriac version reads both, "the floods and the sea";

and they obey him: according to Matthew, these words seem to be spoken by the men of the ship, the mariners; but here, according to Luke, they seem to be the words of the disciples; See Gill on Matthew 8:27, Mark 4:41.

Geneva Study Bible

And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.

EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Expositor's Greek Testament

Luke 8:25. ποῦ, etc., where is your faith? a mild rebuke compared with Mt. and Mk. Note: Lk. ever spares the Twelve.

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

25. What manner of man] Rather, Who, then. The ara expresses the same surprise and emotion conveyed by the potapos, ‘what kind of Being,’ of St Matthew. Psalm 107:23-30.

Bengel's Gnomen

Luke 8:25. Ποῦ, where) There was some faith on their part, but it was not ready at hand in the emergency.

Luke 8:25

Vincent's Word Studies

He commandeth

Peculiar to Luke.