Commentaries on Luke 8:23

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

But as he sailed he fell asleep,.... On a pillow, in the hinder part of the ship, as in Mr 4:38 and there came down a storm of wind on the lake, [See comments on Matthew 8:24]. and they were filled; with water: not the disciples, but the ship in which they were; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "their ship was filled with water". The Syriac and Persic versions render it, "the ship was...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Most of this chapter is a repetition of divers passages of Christ's preaching and miracles which we had before in Matthew and Mark; they are all of such weight, that they are worth repeating, and therefore they are repeated, that out of the mouth not only of two, but of three, witnesses every word may be established. Here is, I. A general account of Christ's preaching, and how he had subsistence...