Matthew 14:30

Geneva Bible (1560)

But when he sawe a mightie winde, he was afraide: and as he began to sinke, he cried, saying, Master, saue me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Βλέπων δὲ τὸν ἄνεμον ἰσχυρὸν, ἐφοβήθη· καὶ ἀρξάμενος καταποντίζεσθαι, ἔκραξεν, λέγων, Κύριε, σῶσόν με.

Transliteration

But blepōn the anemon ischyron, ephobēthē; and arxamenos katapontizesthai, ekraxen, legōn, Kyrie, sōson me.

Grammar Details

• *blepōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - seeing
• *anemon*: accusative, masculine, singular - wind
• *ischyron*: accusative, masculine, singular - strong
• *ephobēthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - was afraid
• *arxamenos*: aorist, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having begun
• *katapontizesthai*: present, passive, infinitive - to sink
• *ekraxen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - cried out
• *legōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *sōson*: aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person singular - save

Word Meanings

• *blepōn*: seeing/observing/noticing
• *ischyron*: strong/powerful/mighty
• *ephobēthē*: was afraid/feared/became frightened
• *arxamenos*: having begun/started
• *katapontizesthai*: to sink/drown/be submerged
• *ekraxen*: cried out/shouted
• *Kyrie*: Lord/Master/Sir
• *sōson*: save/rescue/deliver

Referenced Verses

• 2 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 At my first answering no man assisted me, but all forsooke me: I pray God, that it may not be laide to their charge. 17 Notwithstanding the Lord assisted me, and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully beleeued, and that al the Gentiles should heare: and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the lion.
• Luke 22:54-61 : 54 Then tooke they him, and led him, and brought him to the hie Priestes house. And Peter followed afarre off. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the middes of the hall, and were set downe together, Peter also sate downe among them. 56 And a certaine mayde behelde him as hee sate by the fire, and hauing well looked on him, said, This man was also with him. 57 But he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little while, another man sawe him, and saide, Thou art also of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not. 59 And about the space of an houre after, a certaine other affirmed, saying. Verely euen this man was with him: for he is also a Galilean. 60 And Peter saide, Man, I knowe not what thou sayest; immediatly while hee yet spake, the cocke crewe. 61 Then the Lorde turned backe, and looked vpon Peter: and Peter remembred the worde of the Lord, how he had said vnto him, Before the cocke crowe, thou shalt denie me thrise.
• John 18:25-27 : 25 And Simon Peter stoode and warmed himselfe, & they said vnto him, Art not thou also of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. 26 One of the seruaunts of the hie Priest, his cousin whose eare Peter smote off, saide, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? 27 Peter then denied againe, and immediatly the cocke crewe.
• Ps 116:3-4 : 3 When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe. 4 Then I called vpon the Name of the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, deliuer my soule.
• Lam 3:54-57 : 54 Waters flowed ouer mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed. 55 I called vpon thy Name, O Lorde, out of the lowe dungeon. 56 Thou hast heard my voyce: stoppe not thine eare from my sigh and from my cry. 57 Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not.
• Jonah 2:2-7 : 2 And said, I cryed in mine affliction vnto the Lorde, and he heard me: out of the bellie of hell cryed I, and thou heardest my voyce. 3 For thou haddest cast me into the bottome in the middes of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy surges, and all thy waues passed ouer me. 4 Then I saide, I am cast away out of thy sight: yet will I looke againe towarde thine holy Temple. 5 The waters compassed me about vnto the soule: the depth closed me rounde about, and the weedes were wrapt about mine head. 6 I went downe to the bottome of the moutaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer, yet hast thou brought vp my life from the pit, O Lorde my God. 7 When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lorde: and my prayer came vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.
• Matt 8:24-25 : 24 And beholde, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was couered with waues: but he was a sleepe. 25 Then his disciples came, and awoke him, saying, Master, saue vs: we perish.
• Matt 26:69-75 : 69 Peter sate without in the hall, and a maide came to him, saying, Thou also wast with Iesus of Galile: 70 But hee denied before them all, saying, I wote not what thou saiest. 71 And when hee went out into the porche, another maide sawe him, and sayde vnto them that were there, This man was also with Iesus of Nazareth. 72 And againe he denied with an oth, saying, I knowe not the man. 73 So after a while, came vnto him they that stoode by, and sayde vnto Peter, Surely thou art also one of them: for euen thy speache bewraieth thee. 74 Then began hee to curse himselfe, and to sweare, saying, I knowe not the man; immediately the cocke crewe. 75 Then Peter remembred the wordes of Iesus, which had sayde vnto him, Before the cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thrise. So he went out, and wept bitterly.
• Mark 14:38 : 38 Watch ye, and pray, that ye enter not into tentation: the spirite in deede is ready, but the flesh is weake.
• Mark 14:66-72 : 66 And as Peter was beneath in the hal, there came one of the maides of the hie Priest. 67 And when shee sawe Peter warming him selfe, shee looked on him, and sayde, Thou wast also with Iesus of Nazareth. 68 But he denied it, saying, I knowe him not, neither wot I what thou saiest. Then he went out into the porche, and the cocke crewe. 69 Then a maid sawe him againe, and bega to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. 70 But hee denied it againe: and anon after, they that stoode by, sayde againe to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art of Galile, and thy speach is like. 71 And he began to curse, and sweare, saying, I knowe not this man of whom ye speake. 72 Then the seconde time the cocke crewe, and Peter remembred the woorde that Iesus had saide vnto him, Before the cocke crowe twise, thou shalt denie me thrise, and waying that with himselfe, he wept.
• 2 Kgs 6:15 : 15 And when the seruant of the man of God arose earely to goe out, beholde, an hoste compassed the citie with horses and charets. Then his seruant sayde vnto him, Alas master, howe shall we doe?
• Ps 3:7 : 7 O Lord, arise: helpe me, my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
• Ps 69:1-2 : 1 To him that excelleth vpon Shoshannim. A Psalme of Dauid. Saue mee, O God: for the waters are entred euen to my soule. 2 I sticke fast in the deepe myre, where no staie is: I am come into deepe waters, and the streames runne ouer me.
• Ps 107:27-30 : 27 They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone. 28 Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresse. 29 He turneth the storme to calme, so that the waues thereof are still. 30 When they are quieted, they are glad, and hee bringeth them vnto the hauen, where they would be.
• 2 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the aboundance of reuelations, there was giuen vnto me a pricke in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet mee, because I should not be exalted out of measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrise, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said vnto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakenesse. Very gladly therefore will I reioyce rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christes sake: for when I am weake, then am I strong.