Matthew 14:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And immediately Jesus stretched forth [his] hand, and caught him, and said unto him, ‹O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εὐθέως δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα, ἐπελάβετο αὐτοῦ, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ὀλιγόπιστε, εἰς τί ἐδίστασας;

Transliteration

But eutheōs the Iēsous ekteinas the cheira, epelabeto of him, and legei to him, Oligopiste, for what edistasas?

Grammar Details

• *eutheōs*: adverb - immediately
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *ekteinas*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having stretched out
• *cheira*: accusative, feminine, singular - hand
• *epelabeto*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - took hold
• *legei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - says
• *Oligopiste*: vocative, masculine, singular - little faith
• *edistasas*: aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person singular - you doubted

Word Meanings

• *eutheōs*: immediately/at once
• *ekteinas*: having stretched out/extended
• *epelabeto*: took hold of/seized/grasped
• *Oligopiste*: one of little faith/you of little faith
• *edistasas*: you doubted/wavered/hesitated

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
• Jas 1:6-8 : 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Matt 16:8 : 8 [Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, ‹O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?›
• Matt 17:20 : 20 And Jesus said unto them, ‹Because of your unbelief: 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 1:31 : 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
• Mark 1:41 : 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth [his] hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, ‹I will; be thou clean.›
• Mark 5:41 : 41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, ‹Talitha cumi;› which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
• Mark 11:23 : 23 ‹For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.›
• Mark 16:7 : 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
• Luke 22:31-32 : 31 And the Lord said, ‹Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired› [to have] ‹you, that he may sift› [you] ‹as wheat:› 32 ‹But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.›
• Luke 24:34 : 34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
• Acts 4:30 : 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
• Rom 4:18-20 : 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
• Deut 32:36 : 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut up, or left.
• Ps 138:7 : 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
• Isa 63:12 : 12 That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
• Matt 6:30 : 30 ‹Wherefore, if God 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.
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.