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Jesus Calms the Storm

Matthew 8:25

In 9 translations

BSB
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
KJV
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
WEB
The disciples came to him and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”
ASV
And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish.
LSV
and His disciples having come to Him, awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
YLT
and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, 'Sir, save us; we are perishing.'
DBY
And the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we perish.
DRC
And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
GNV
Then his disciples came, and awoke him, saying, Master, saue vs: we perish.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include οἱ μαθηταὶ (“the disciples”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include αὐτου (“of Him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἡμᾶς (“us”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: προσελθόντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read προσελθόντες; Robinson–Pierpont add οἱ μαθηταὶ.
  • SBLGNT: σῶσον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σῶσον; the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont add ἡμᾶς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ προσελθόντες ἤγειραν αὐτὸν λέγοντες· Κύριε, σῶσον, ἀπολλύμεθα.
RP2018
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ ἤγειραν αὐτόν, λέγοντες, Κύριε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς, ἀπολλύμεθα.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἤγειραν αὐτόν, λέγοντες, Κύριε, σῶσον ἡμᾶς, ἀπολλύμεθα.
SCR1894
και προσελθοντες οι μαθηται αυτου ηγειραν αυτον λεγοντες κυριε σωσον ημας απολλυμεθα

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  • Jonah 1:6The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
  • Psalms 44:22–23Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
  • Mark 4:38–39But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!”…
  • 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude.…
  • Luke 8:24The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:12Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
  • Isaiah 51:9–10Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? Was it not You who dried up the sea, the…
  • Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

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