Matthew 8:25 (DBY)

Passage

And the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we perish.

Nearby Context

Matthew 8:23 And he went on board ship and his disciples followed him;

Matthew 8:24 and behold, [the water] became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but *he* slept.

Matthew 8:25 And the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we perish.

Matthew 8:26 And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Matthew 8:27 But the men were astonished, saying, What sort [of man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "disciples", "came", "awoke", "saying", "lord", "save", and "perish". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "disciples" and "came", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "and behold the water became very agitated..." into verse 26's "And he says to them Why are...", so "disciples" and "came" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "disciples" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.