Luke 8:23-24 ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 8:23

The sleep of Christ. "As they sailed he fell asleep" Christ asleep! Christ asleep in the daytime! Christ asleep in the storm! Christ asleep with his disciples in danger and distress! What have we here? I. THE SON OF MAN ASLEEP IN THE HOUR OF HIS OWN BODILY WEARINESS . A hard and long day's work had the Master that day. He had thought much, taught much, wrought much; and each one of these had been laborious and exhausting to One who was what he was and felt as... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 8:22-39

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 8:22-25

Luke 8:22-25. It came to pass on a certain day According to Mark, the same day, when the evening was come; he went into a ship with his disciples With a view to cross the lake. And they launched forth Attended by a number of other little boats, which were full of people, Mark 4:36. But as they sailed, he fell asleep In the stern of the vessel, fatigued with the work of the day. And there came down a storm, &c. The weather suddenly changed, and a storm came on, which threatened to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 8:22-25

AROUND THE LAKE OF GALILEE57. Jesus calms the storm (Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25)A well known feature of Lake Galilee was that fierce storms blew up quickly. Jesus had suggested that the group sail across the lake, but the disciples expressed disappointment with him when a storm arose and he did nothing to help. Instead he was sleeping in the back of the boat, perhaps an indication of his tiredness from constant work (Mark 4:35-38).The disciples still did not understand fully... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 8:23

fell asleep = fell off (Greek. aphupnoo) into sleep. Only here in N.T. came down . Not rose up, as on the former occasion (Matthew 8:24 ). a storm of wind = a squall. On the former occasion it was an earthquake(Greek. seismos). Here it was lailaps. on = on to. Greek eis. App-104 . were filled were being swamped. Imperf. tense. Hence this was an open boat; in Matthew a decked boat. were in jeopardy = were beginning to be in danger: read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 8:24

awoke = roused. App-178 . Master. See note on Luke 5:5 . Note the Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Not the same word as in Luke 8:49 . we perish = we are perishing: i.e. drowning. arose = was aroused. App-178 . TTr. WH R have the same word as "awoke" above, raging. Greek kludon. Occurs only here and James 1:6 ("wave"). was = became. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 8:23

Luke 8:23. He fell asleep:— Some are of opinion, that on this occasion our Lord fell asleep designedly, to give as it were an opportunity for the full display of this extraordinary miracle: however, as hewent on board in the evening, his falling asleep may have happened in the nighttime, and in common course; particularly as he must have been fatigued with the labours of the preceding day. Instead of they were filled, some copies read the vessel was filled. See Mark 4:37. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 8:24

Luke 8:24. Master, Master, we perish!— How concise, how abrupt, and how ardent is this exclamation! therefore how strongly significant of imminent danger,and of the utmost distress! they have not time to be explicit; a moment's delay may be fatal. What they utter is conciseness itself, and all rapidity.—This is nature; this is the general language of the heart. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 8:23

23. filled—literally, "were getting filled," that is, those who sailed; meaning that their ship was so. :-. DEMONIAC OF GADARA HEALED. (See on :-; and Mark 5:1-20). :-. JAIRUS' DAUGHTER RAISED AND ISSUE OF BLOOD HEALED. (See on :-; and :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 8:22-23

Evidently Jesus mentioned crossing the lake to His disciples before and after He entered the boat (cf. Matthew 8:18; Mark 4:35). Jesus’ command to cross constituted a guarantee that they would arrive safely. The other side was the east side (cf. Luke 8:26). Luke introduced the fact that Jesus fell asleep before he mentioned the storm breaking, perhaps to heighten the contrast between Jesus’ peaceful condition and the storm. He stressed the severity of the storm by mentioning the wind three... read more