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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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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 8:26
18th Century
Theologian
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 …
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 8:25–27
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 8:26
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…
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John Calvin
On Matthew 8:26
16th Century
Theologian
He rebuked the winds. Mark also relates the words of Christ, by which, addressing the sea, He commands silence (σιώπα)—that is, <…
John Gill
On Matthew 8:26
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 8:23–27
17th Century
Minister
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…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 8:14–27
13th Century
Philosopher
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…