Matthew 8:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

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  • Mark 1:27 : 27 And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.
  • Mark 6:51 : 51 And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;
  • Mark 7:37 : 37 And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.
  • Matt 14:33 : 33 And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.
  • Matt 15:31 : 31 So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

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  • Luke 8:22-26
    5 verses
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    22Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

    23But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

    24Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

    25And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

    26And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

  • Mark 4:35-41
    7 verses
    92%

    35And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.

    36And going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

    37And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.

    38And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

    39And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.

    40And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

    41And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

  • Matt 8:23-26
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    23And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

    24And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

    25And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

    26And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

  • Mark 6:47-51
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    81%

    47And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

    48And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

    49But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

    50For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

    51And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

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    30But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

    31And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a grip of him, and said to him, O man of little faith, why were you in doubt?

    32And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.

    33And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

  • 27And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

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    11And they said to him, What are we to do to you so that the sea may become calm for us? For the sea was getting rougher and rougher.

    12And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

    13And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.

  • 8But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

  • John 6:18-20
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    18The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.

    19After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

    20But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.

  • 28And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

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    24But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

    25And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

    26And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

    27But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

  • 36And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

  • Ps 107:24-25
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    24They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

    25For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.

  • 43And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

  • 29He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are at peace.

  • Luke 8:35-37
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    73%

    35And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

    36And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

    37And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

  • 32And they were surprised at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

  • 23And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

  • 20And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.

  • 18Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.