Luke 8:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And being afraid they marvelled, saying one to another, Who then is this, that he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς, Ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν; Φοβηθέντες δὲ ἐθαύμασαν, λέγοντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Τίς ἄρα οὗτός ἐστιν! ὅτι καὶ τοῖς ἀνέμοις ἐπιτάσσει καὶ τῷ ὕδατι, καὶ ὑπακούουσιν αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

Eipen de to them, Where estin the pistis of you? Phobēthentes de ethaumasan, legontes pros allēlous, Who ara this estin! that also to the anemois epitassei and to the hydati, and hypakouousin him.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *pistis*: nominative feminine singular - faith/belief/trust
• *Phobēthentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative masculine plural - having been afraid/feared
• *ethaumasan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they marveled/were amazed
• *legontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - saying
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *allēlous*: accusative masculine plural - one another/each other
• *ara*: inferential particle - then/therefore/consequently
• *epitassei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - commands/orders
• *anemois*: dative masculine plural - to winds
• *hydati*: dative neuter singular - to water
• *hypakouousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they obey/listen to

Word Meanings

• *pistis*: faith/belief/trust/confidence
• *Phobēthentes*: having been afraid/feared/frightened
• *ethaumasan*: marveled/were amazed/astonished
• *ara*: then/therefore/consequently/indeed
• *epitassei*: commands/orders/directs
• *hypakouousin*: obey/listen to/submit to/heed

Referenced Verses

• Gen 1:9-9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
• Josh 10:12-14 : 12 Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of a man: for Jehovah fought for Israel.
• Job 38:8-9 : 8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb; 9 When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, 10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,
• Prov 8:29 : 29 When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
• Prov 30:4 : 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
• Matt 6:30 : 30 But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
• Matt 8:26 : 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
• Matt 14:31 : 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and saith unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
• Matt 17:20 : 20 And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
• Mark 4:40-41 : 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful? have ye not yet faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
• Luke 12:28 : 28 But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more [shall he clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
• John 11:40 : 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest see the glory of God?