Matthew 8:26

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Τί δειλοί ἐστε, ὀλιγόπιστοι; Τότε ἐγερθεὶς, ἐπετίμησεν τοῖς ἀνέμοις καὶ τῇ θαλάσσῃ· καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη.

Transliteration

And legei to-them, Why deiloi este, oligopistoi? Then egertheis, epetimēsen to-the anemois and to-the thalassē; and egeneto galēnē megalē.

Grammar Details

• *legei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - says
• αὐτοῖς: dative masculine plural pronoun - to them
• Τί: interrogative pronoun - why
• *deiloi*: nominative masculine plural adjective - fearful/cowardly
• *este*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you are
• *oligopistoi*: nominative masculine plural adjective - of little faith
• Τότε: adverb - then
• *egertheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative masculine singular - having been raised up
• *epetimēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - rebuked
• τοῖς: dative masculine plural article - to the
• *anemois*: dative masculine plural - winds
• καὶ: conjunction - and
• τῇ: dative feminine singular article - to the
• *thalassē*: dative feminine singular - sea
• *egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - became
• *galēnē*: nominative feminine singular - calm
• *megalē*: nominative feminine singular adjective - great

Word Meanings

• *legei*: says/tells/speaks
• *deiloi*: fearful/cowardly/timid
• *este*: you are
• *oligopistoi*: of little faith/little-believing ones
• *egertheis*: having been raised up/having risen
• *epetimēsen*: rebuked/censured/commanded
• *anemois*: winds
• *thalassē*: sea/lake
• *egeneto*: became/happened/came about
• *galēnē*: calm/stillness/tranquility
• *megalē*: great/large/profound

Referenced Verses

• Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Be not afraid, for with thee I `am', Look not around, for I `am' thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness. 11 Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee. 12 Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee. 13 For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee.' 14 Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel, I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah, Even thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Matt 6:30 : 30 `And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith?
• Ps 65:7 : 7 Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, And the multitude of the peoples.
• Ps 89:9 : 9 Thou `art' ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
• Ps 107:28-30 : 28 And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out. 29 He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows. 30 And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire.
• Mark 6:48-51 : 48 and he saw them harassed in the rowing, for the wind was against them, and about the fourth watch of the night he doth come to them walking on the sea, and wished to pass by them. 49 And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought `it' to be an apparition, and cried out, 50 for they all saw him, and were troubled, and immediately he spake with them, and saith to them, `Take courage, I am `he', be not afraid.' 51 And he went up unto them to the boat, and the wind lulled, and greatly out of measure were they amazed in themselves, and were wondering,
• Luke 8:24-25 : 24 And having come near, they awoke him, saying, `Master, master, we perish;' and he, having arisen, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there came a calm, 25 and he said to them, `Where is your faith?' and they being afraid did wonder, saying unto one another, `Who, then, is this, that even the winds he doth command, and the water, and they obey him?'
• Matt 16:8 : 8 And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why reason ye in yourselves, ye of little faith, because ye took no loaves?
• Mark 4:39-41 : 39 And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm: 40 and he said to them, `Why are ye so fearful? how have ye not faith?' 41 and they feared a great fear, and said one to another, `Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'
• Job 38:8-9 : 8 And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out. 9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors, 11 And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
• Rom 4:20 : 20 and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,
• Rev 10:2 : 2 and he had in his hand a little scroll opened, and he did place his right foot upon the sea, and the left upon the land,
• Ps 114:3-7 : 3 The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward. 4 The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock. 5 What -- to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back! 6 O mountains, ye skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock! 7 From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob,
• Prov 8:28-29 : 28 In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep, 29 In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,
• Matt 8:27 : 27 and the men wondered, saying, `What kind -- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'
• Matt 14:30-31 : 30 but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, `Sir, save me.' 31 And immediately Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, laid hold of him, and saith to him, `Little faith! for what didst thou waver?'
• Ps 93:3-4 : 3 Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers. 4 Than the voices of many mighty waters, Breakers of a sea, mighty on high `is' Jehovah,
• Ps 104:6-9 : 6 The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand. 7 From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away. 8 They go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them. 9 A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.
• Isa 50:2-4 : 2 Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst. 3 I clothe the heavens `with' blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering. 4 The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary `by' a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.
• Isa 63:12 : 12 Leading by the right hand of Moses, the arm of His glory, Cleaving waters from before them, To make to Himself a name age-during.
• Nah 1:4 : 4 He is pushing against a sea, and drieth it up, Yea, all the floods He hath made dry, Languishing `are' Bashan and Carmel, Yea, the flower of Lebanon `is' languishing.
• Hab 3:8 : 8 Against rivers hath Jehovah been wroth? Against rivers `is' Thine anger? Against the sea `is' Thy wrath? For Thou dost ride on Thy horses -- Thy chariots of salvation?