Expository Outlines Matthew 8:23-27 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.… I. AN APPALLING SCENE TO CONTEMPLATE. 1. Of imposing grandeur. 2. Of no ordinary peril and distress. 3. Highly instructive in its symbolical signification. "The wicked are like the troubled sea." II. THE CONSTERNATION WHICH WAS FELT. 1. To whom they applied. 2. The language in which they addressed Him. The last of these cries given by St. Matthew. (1) It is short; (2) It is appropriate; (3) It is fervent. III. THE WONDERFUL POWER AND AUTHORITY THAT WERE MANIFESTED. This act. 1. By what it was preceded. He rebuked the disciples before rebuking the winds. 2. The manner in which it was done. 3. The result that followed. IV. THE AMAZEMENT WHICH WAS PRODUCED. 1. In their wonder there was considerable awe and terror. 2. Notwithstanding their excited emotions, they expressed themselves in language eminently befitting so memorable an occasion; not like St. Peter on Mount of Transfiguration. (Expository Outlines.) Parallel Verses KJV: And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. |
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