Matthew 8:24 (LSB)

Passage

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was sleeping.

Nearby Context

Matthew 8:22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”

Matthew 8:23 And when He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

Matthew 8:24 And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was sleeping.

Matthew 8:25 And they came to Him and got Him up, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!”

Matthew 8:26 And He said to them, “Why are you so cowardly, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "arose", "great", "storm", "boat", "covered", "waves", and "jesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "arose", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And when He got into the boat..." into verse 25's "And they came to Him and got...", so "behold" and "arose" 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 "behold" and "arose" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.