Luke 8:23

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and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger.

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  • Ps 44:23 : 23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The waves roar, O LORD, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash. 4 Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the LORD sits enthroned in majesty.
  • Ps 107:23-30 : 23 Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters. 24 They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water. 25 He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. 26 They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great. 27 They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. 28 They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. 29 He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent. 30 The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.
  • Ps 124:2-4 : 2 if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us, 3 they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us. 4 The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.
  • Ps 148:8 : 8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,
  • Isa 51:9-9 : 9 Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster? 10 Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?
  • Isa 54:11 : 11 “O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis lazuli.
  • Luke 8:22 : 22 Stilling of a Storm One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,
  • Acts 27:14-20 : 14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island. 15 When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. 16 As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship’s boat under control. 17 After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along. 18 The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard, 19 and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands. 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

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  • Matt 8:23-27
    5 verses
    89%

    23 Stilling of a Storm As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

    24 And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

    25 So they came and woke him up saying,“Lord, save us! We are about to die!”

    26 But he said to them,“Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

    27 And the men were amazed and said,“What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”

  • Luke 8:24-26
    3 verses
    88%

    24 They came and woke him, saying,“Master, Master, we are about to die!” So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm.

    25 Then he said to them,“Where is your faith?” But they were afraid and amazed, saying to one another,“Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!”

    26 Healing of a Demoniac So they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

  • Luke 8:22
    88%

    22 Stilling of a Storm One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,

  • Mark 4:35-41
    7 verses
    87%

    35 Stilling of a Storm On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples,“Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.”

    36 So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him.

    37 Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

    38 But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him,“Teacher, don’t you care that we are about to die?”

    39 So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Be quiet! Calm down!” Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

    40 And he said to them,“Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?”

    41 They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another,“Who then is this? Even the wind and sea obey him!”

  • Matt 14:24-26
    3 verses
    82%

    24 Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

    25 As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.

    26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said,“It’s a ghost!” and cried out with fear.

  • Mark 6:47-51
    5 verses
    80%

    47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.

    48 He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.

    49 When they saw him walking on the water they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,

    50 for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them:“Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

    51 Then he went up with them into the boat, and the wind ceased. They were completely astonished,

  • John 6:16-21
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    79%

    16 Walking on Water Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

    17 got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum.(It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.)

    18 By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.

    19 Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

    20 But he said to them,“It is I. Do not be afraid.”

    21 Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.

  • Jonah 1:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    11 Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”

    12 He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”

    13 Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

  • Matt 14:32-34
    3 verses
    79%

    32 When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.

    33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying,“Truly you are the Son of God.”

    34 After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

  • Matt 14:30
    77%

    30 But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out,“Lord, save me!”

  • Acts 27:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17 After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along.

    18 The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard,

  • Luke 5:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6 When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

    7 So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were about to sink.

  • Acts 27:41
    76%

    41 But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

  • Mark 8:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

    14 The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod Now they had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.

  • Jonah 1:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

    5 The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship’s cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.

  • Acts 27:39
    74%

    39 Paul is Shipwrecked When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.

  • Luke 5:3
    73%

    3 He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

  • Acts 27:14
    73%

    14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.

  • Acts 27:29
    73%

    29 Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.

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