Matthew 8:26 (YLT)

Passage

And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;

Nearby Context

Matthew 8:24 and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

Matthew 8:25 and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, `Sir, save us; we are perishing.'

Matthew 8:26 And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;

Matthew 8:27 and the men wondered, saying, `What kind--is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

Matthew 8:28 And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "saith", "fearful", "little", "having", "risen", "rebuked", and "winds". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "and his disciples having come to him..." into verse 27's "and the men wondered saying What kind--is...", so "faith" and "saith" 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 "faith" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.