Matthew 8:27 (GNV)

Passage

And the men marueiled, saying, What man is this, that both the windes and the sea obey him!

Nearby Context

Matthew 8:25 Then his disciples came, and awoke him, saying, Master, saue vs: we perish.

Matthew 8:26 And he said vnto them, Why are ye fearefull, O ye of litle faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea: and so there was a great calme.

Matthew 8:27 And the men marueiled, saying, What man is this, that both the windes and the sea obey him!

Matthew 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into ye countrey of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with deuils, which came out of the graues very fierce, so that no man might goe by that way.

Matthew 8:29 And beholde, they cryed out, saying, Iesus the sonne of God, what haue we to do with thee? Art thou come hither to tormet vs before ye time?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "marueiled", "saying", "both", "windes", and "obey". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "marueiled" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "And he said vnto them Why are..." into verse 28's "And when he was come to the...", so "marueiled" and "saying" 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 "marueiled" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.