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Matthew 8:27. ← 8:26. 8:28 →. "Jesus being awakened during a tempest on the Sea of Galilee", from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier. Book. Gospel of Matthew. Christian Bible part. New Testament. Matthew 8:27 is a verse in the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament .
The stillness round my form Was like the stillness in the air Between the heaves of storm The eyes beside had wrung them dry, And breaths were gathering sure For that last onset, when the king Be witnessed in his power. I willed my keepsakes, signed away What portion of me I Could make assignable,– and then There interposed a fly,
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt, 1632. Calming the storm is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels, reported in Matthew 8:23–27, Mark 4:35–41, and Luke 8:22–25 (the Synoptic Gospels ). This episode is distinct from Jesus' walk on water, which also involves a boat on the lake and appears later in the narrative.
The Greek word σεισμὸς used in this verse for a storm is generally used for earthquakes. The more common word is λαιλαψ which is used in Luke 8:25 and Mark 4:37. Lapide gives many possible reasons for the storm, which from its sudden nature points to Jesus' divine hand at work. 1) That Jesus might show his power on land and sea ...
Matthew 6:21–27 from the 1845 illuminated book of The Sermon on the Mount, designed by Owen Jones. In the King James Version of the English Bible the text reads: thy whole body shall be full of light. The World English Bible translates the passage as: “The lamp of the body is the eye. whole body will be full of light.
The Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders (also known as the House on the Rock ), is a parable of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew ( 7:24–27) as well as in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke ( 6:46–49 ). The parable illustrates the importance of building one's life on obedience to the teachings ...
Elijah is the only person described in the Bible as returning to Horeb, after Moses and his generation had left Horeb several centuries before. He seeks shelter in a cave. Elijah is told to "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the L ORD, for the L ORD is about to pass by." [43]
Matthew 7:25. Illustration to Matthew 7:24–27: A house built upon a rock. Jan Luyken (1681). Matthew 7:25 is the twenty-fifth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse continues the Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders .
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