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Luke 8:24

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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And they came to him, and awoke him,.... That is, the disciples came from some part of the ship, to the hinder part of it, where Christ was asleep; and by their shrieks and cries, and repeated vociferations, awaked him out of sleep:

saying, Master, Master, we perish. The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, only read "master", without a repetition of the word, as in Matthew and Mark; but the Syriac and Persic versions repeat it, and render the words, "our master, our master";

[See comments on Matthew 8:25].

Then he rose, and rebuked the wind, and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there was a calm;

[See comments on Matthew 8:26].

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