Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
Luke 8:25 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 25. 25And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
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Quick Meaning
Luke 8:25 ends the storm with the disciples' fear and identity question after wind and water obey.
Read It With
- Luke 8:22–8:25
Read Luke 8:25 with 8:22–8:25. In isolation, this contribution—ends the storm with the disciples' fear and identity question after wind and water obey—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: During a lake crossing a storm threatens the boat while Jesus sleeps; the disciples wake him, he rebukes wind and water, and their fear turns to a question about his identity.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Luke 8:25 ends the storm with the disciples' fear and identity question after wind and water obey. This precise contribution belongs inside “Jesus Calms a Storm and Questions Fear” because During a lake crossing a storm threatens the boat while Jesus sleeps; the disciples wake him, he rebukes wind and water, and their fear turns to a question about his identity.
Follow the Context
- Identify the actors, setting, and initiating speech or action in Luke 8:22–8:25.
- During a lake crossing a storm threatens the boat while Jesus sleeps; the disciples wake him, he rebukes wind and water, and their fear turns to a question about his identity.
- Hold this material interpretive limit in view: The event is narrated as extraordinary authority and a discipleship scene; it gives no technique for controlling weather or measuring faith by calm circumstances.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
This verse does not detach its specific contribution—ends the storm with the disciples' fear and identity question after wind and water obey—from the complete unit or override the unit's explicit boundary: The story does not blame disaster victims, promise safe travel, discourage emergency action, or validate unverified miracle claims.
What Remains True
Luke 8:25 ends the storm with the disciples' fear and identity question after wind and water obey. Read inside Luke 8:22–8:25, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: During a lake crossing a storm threatens the boat while Jesus sleeps; the disciples wake him, he rebukes wind and water, and their fear turns to a question about his identity. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
How It Can Shape Life
- Luke 8:25 ends the storm with the disciples' fear and identity question after wind and water obey. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: In real danger, combine honest prayer with prudent safety action; do not manufacture risk, shame fear, or promise that faith will end every storm on command.
Teach It Back
Explain Luke 8:25's specific contribution to Luke 8:22–8:25: ends the storm with the disciples' fear and identity question after wind and water obey. Include the preceding and following movement, one source-controlled uncertainty, one affected person or group, and what the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
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Read Luke 8:22–8:25 — Jesus Calms a Storm and Questions FearSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 8:22–8:25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 8:22–8:25
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 8:22–8:25
Open source ↗