Matthew 8 · Verse 25

Matthew 8:25

And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
Matthew 8:25, King James Version

Matthew 8:25 in other translations

BSBThe disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
WEBThe disciples came to him and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”
ASVAnd they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish.
YLTand his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, ‘Sir, save us; we are perishing.'
DARBYAnd the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we perish.
BBEAnd they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.
WebsterAnd his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

What does Matthew 8:25 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 25. Save us. Save our lives.

We perish. We are in danger of perishing. This showed great confidence in the Saviour. It shows, also, where sinners and Christians should always go, who feel that they are in danger of perishing. There is none that can save from the storms of Divine wrath but the Son of God.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 And his disciples - The disciples. In the common printed editions, as well as in our translation, it is His disciples, but αυτου, his, is omitted by the very best MSS., and by Bengel, Wetstein, and Griesbach. This is a matter of very small importance, and need not be noticed; only every translator and commentator should aim, to the uttermost of his knowledge and power, to give every particle of the language of the inspired penman that can be expressed, and to insert no one word which he has reason to believe did not come by the inspiration of God. Lord, save us: we perish - One advantage of trials is to make us know our weakness, so as to oblige us to have recourse to God by faith in Christ. It is by faith alone that we may be said to approach him; by love we are united to him, and by prayer we awake him. All good perishes in us without Christ: without his grace, there is not so much as one moment in which we are not in danger of utter ruin. How proper, then, is this short prayer for us, and how familiar should it be to us! Taken in the extensive Christian sense it is exceedingly expressive: it comprehends all the power of our Lord's might, all the merit of his atonement, and all the depth of our misery and danger. See Quesnel.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 8:23-27

It is a comfort to those who go down to the sea in ships, and are often in perils there, to reflect that they have a Saviour to trust in and pray to, who knows what it is to be on the water, and to be in storms there. Those who are passing with Christ over the ocean of this world, must expect storms. His human nature, like to ours in every thing but sin, was wearied, and he slept at this time to try the faith of his…

Read the full comment on Matthew 8:23-27 →

Matthew 8:25 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
προσελθόντεςproselthonteshaving come to [Him]G4334
ἤγειρανēgeiranthey awokeG1453
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
λέγοντες·legontessaying;G3004
κύριε,kurieLord,G2962
σῶσονsōsondo saveG4982
ἀπολλύμεθα.apollumethawe are perishing!G622

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 8:25

  • Jonah 1:6

    So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

  • Mark 4:38-39

    And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

  • Psalms 44:22-23

    Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:11

    And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

  • Isaiah 51:9-10

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

  • 2 Chronicles 20:12

    O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

  • Luke 8:24

    And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

  • Psalms 10:1

    Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and awoke.
Ps 10:1; 44:22,23; Isa 51:9,10; Mr 4:38,39; Lu 8:24
save.
2Ch 14:11; 20:12; Jon 1:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 8:24

    And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

  • Matthew 8:25

    And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

  • Matthew 8:26

    And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

Read all of Matthew 8

Matthew 8:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y llegándose sus discípulos, le despertaron, diciendo: Señor, sálvanos, que perecemos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les disciples s’approchèrent et le réveillèrent, disant: Seigneur, sauve-nous! nous périssons.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Jünger traten hinzu, weckten ihn auf und sprachen: Herr, rette uns, wir kommen um!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus, et suscitaverunt eum, dicentes: Domine, salva nos: perimus.