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He said to them, "Why are you fearful, oh you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
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The Meaning of "Little Faith"
Commentators explain that Jesus' rebuke of "little faith" wasn't because the disciples were faithless, but because their faith was incomplete. They believed He could save them if He were awake, but they panicked, failing to trust that the Messiah could not be overcome by a storm before His mission was complete. Their fear revealed a superficial understanding of who Jesus truly was.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Why are you fearful? You should have remembered that the Son of God, the Messiah, was on board. You should not have forgotten that he had …
19th Century
Anglican
Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? — Luke puts the question more strongly: Where is your faith? It is a…
Baptist
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little fait…
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That the disciples could cry to Jesus for help reveals that they believed, or hoped, he could do something. More than others they had witnessed his…
16th Century
Protestant
He rebuked the winds. Mark also relates the words of Christ, by which, addressing the sea, He commands silence (σιώπα)—that is, <…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he says to them, why are you fearful ? &c.] Though they had some faith in him, yet there was a great deal of fea…
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It is a comfort to those who go down to the sea in ships, and are often in perils there, to reflect that they have a Savior to trust in and pray to…
13th Century
Catholic
And when Jesus had come into Simon Peter’s house, etc. Christ’s power is commended in the cure of the leper; it is also c…
