Matthew 8:25 - Exposition

And his disciples (Revised Version, they ) came to him ( καὶ προσελθόντες ). The insertion of the words, "his disciples," distracts the mind from the fact of their coming. Their skill and their long experience of those waters now failed them. And awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish ( κύριε σῶσον ἀπολλύμεθα ) . The last and most emphatic word comes in all the narratives. They had no hope of escape from the death that was already overtaking them except through him.