{"id":25252,"date":"2022-09-24T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-823\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T11:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:00:21","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-823","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-823\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 8:23"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled [with water,] and were in jeopardy. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 23<\/strong>. <em> he fell asleep<\/em> ] Rather, <strong> He fell into deep sleep. <\/strong> The day had been one of incessant toil; and He was resting (as St Mark tells us, reflecting the vivid reminiscence of St Peter) &lsquo;in the stem on the steersman&rsquo;s leather cushion,&rsquo; <span class='bible'>Mar 4:38<\/span>; contrast with this <span class='bible'>Jon 1:5<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em> there came down a storm of wind<\/em> ] The suddenness and violence of this &lsquo;hurricane&rsquo; is in exact accordance with what we know of the Lake. The winds from the snowy peaks of Hermon rush down the Peraean <em> wadies <\/em> into the burning tropical air of the lake-basin with extraordinary suddenness and impetuosity (Thomson, <em> Land and Book<\/em>, II. 25). The lake may look like a sheet of silver, when in one moment there will be a darkening ripple, and in the next it will be lashed into storm and foam. The outburst of this storm perhaps frightened back the boats which started with Him, <span class='bible'>Mar 4:36<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em> were filled with water<\/em> ] Rather, <strong> were being filled. <\/strong> &lsquo;The waves were dashing into the boat, so that it was getting full,&rsquo; <span class='bible'>Mar 4:37<\/span>; &lsquo;the boat was being hidden under the waves,&rsquo; <span class='bible'>Mat 8:24<\/span>. The tossing ship ( <em> Navicella)<\/em> has been accepted in all ages as the type of the Church in seasons of peril.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> Verse <span class='bible'>23<\/span>. <I><B>There came down a storm of wind &#8211; and they &#8211; were in<\/B><\/I><B> <\/B><I><B>jeopardy.<\/B><\/I>] This is a parallel passage to that in <span class='bible'>Jon 1:4<\/span>. <I>There was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like<\/I> <I>to be broken<\/I>: the latter clause of which is thus translated by the <I>Septuagint<\/I>:      , <I>And the ship<\/I> <I>was in the utmost danger of being dashed to pieces<\/I>. This is exactly the state of the disciples here; and it is remarkable that the very same word, , which we translate, <I>were in<\/I> <I>jeopardy<\/I>, is used by the evangelist, which is found in the Greek version above quoted. The word <I>jeopardy<\/I>, an inexpressive <I>French<\/I> term, and utterly unfit for the place which it now occupies, is properly the exclamation of a disappointed <I>gamester, Jeu perdu<\/I>! <I>The game is lost<\/I>! or, <I>j&#8217;ai perdu! I have lost<\/I>! i.e. <I>the game<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Adam Clarke&#8217;s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P><B>23. filled<\/B>literally, &#8220;weregetting filled,&#8221; that is, those who sailed; meaning that theirship was so. <\/P><P>     <span class='bible'>Lu8:26-39<\/span>. DEMONIAC OFGADARA HEALED. <\/P><P>     (See on <span class='bible'>Mt8:28-34<\/span>; and <span class='bible'>Mr 5:1-20<\/span>).<\/P><P>     <span class='bible'>Lu8:40-56<\/span>. JAIRUS&#8217;DAUGHTER RAISEDAND ISSUE OF BLOODHEALED.  <\/P><P>     (See on <span class='bible'>Mt9:18-26<\/span>; and <span class='bible'>Mr 5:21-43<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown&#8217;s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>But as he sailed he fell asleep<\/strong>,&#8230;. On a pillow, in the hinder part of the ship, as in <span class='bible'>Mr 4:38<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>and there came down a storm of wind on the lake<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<p> <span class='bible'>[See comments on Mt 8:24]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>and they were filled<\/strong>; with water: not the disciples, but the ship in which they were; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, &#8220;their ship was filled with water&#8221;. The Syriac and Persic versions render it, &#8220;the ship was almost sunk&#8221;, or immersed:<\/p>\n<p><strong>and were in jeopardy<\/strong>; of their lives, in the utmost danger, just ready to go to the bottom. This clause is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>He fell asleep <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>). First aorist (ingressive) active indicative of <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>, to put to sleep, to fall off to sleep, a late verb for which the older Greek used <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>. Originally <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span> meant to waken from sleep, then to fall off to sleep (possibly a medical use). This is the only passage which speaks of the sleep of Jesus. Here only in the N.T.<\/P> <P><B>Came down <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>). Second aorist active indicative of <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>, common verb. It was literally true. These wind storms (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>. So also <span class='bible'>Mr 4:37<\/span>) rushed from Hermon down through the Jordan gorge upon the Sea of Galilee and shook it like a tempest (<span class='bible'>Mt 8:24<\/span>). Mark&#8217;s (<span class='bible'>Mr 4:37<\/span>) vivid use of the dramatic present <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span> (ariseth) is not so precise as Luke&#8217;s &#8220;came down.&#8221; See on <span class='bible'>Mt 8:24<\/span>. These sudden squalls were dangerous on this small lake.<\/P> <P><B>They were filling <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>). Imperfect passive. It was the boat that was being filled (<span class='bible'>Mr 4:37<\/span>) and it is here applied to the navigators as sailors sometimes spoke. An old verb, but in the N.T. used only by Luke (<span class='bible'>Luke 8:23<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luke 9:51<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Acts 2:1<\/span>).<\/P> <P><B>Were in jeopardy <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>). Imperfect active, vivid description. Old verb, but in the N.T. only here, <span class='bible'>Acts 19:27<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Cor 15:30<\/span>. <\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Robertson&#8217;s Word Pictures in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P>He fell asleep [<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">] <\/SPAN><\/span>. Very graphic. He fell off [<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>] into sleep. <\/P> <P>Came down [<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">] <\/SPAN><\/span>. More vivid than either Matthew or Mark, who have there arose. The word describes the action of the sudden storms which literally came down from the heights surrounding the lake. See on <span class='bible'>Mt 8:24<\/span>. <\/P> <P>Storm [<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">] <\/SPAN><\/span>. See on <span class='bible'>Mr 4:37<\/span>. Matthew has seismov, a shaking. <\/P> <P>See on <span class='bible'>Mt 8:24<\/span>. <\/P> <P>They were filling with water [<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">] <\/SPAN><\/span>. Used by Luke only. <\/P> <P>Mark, as usual, goes into minuter detail, and describes how the waves beat into the boat. Note the imperfects : they were filling; they were beginning to be in danger, contrasted with the instantaneous descent of the storm expressed by the aorist came down.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Vincent&#8217;s Word Studies in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>&#8220;But as they sailed he fell asleep:&#8221; <\/strong>(pleonton de auton aphupnosen) &#8220;Then as they sailed he fell asleep,&#8221; <span class='bible'>Mat 8:24<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mar 4:38<\/span>, weary in body, and in need of rest, being tested in the labor of that day, as we are in our weariness of labor, <span class='bible'>Heb 4:15<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>&#8220;And there came down a storm of wind on the lake;&#8221; <\/strong>(kai katebe lailaps anemou eis ten limnen) &#8220;And there came down a storm of wind to the lake,&#8221; from the surrounding hills, <span class='bible'>Mat 8:24<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mar 4:37<\/span>. Storms and dangers come down upon all men on the high sea of life, in most unexpected moments, in discharge of their daily duties, <span class='bible'>Job 5:9<\/span>; &#8220;Man is born for trouble, as the sparks fly upward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>&#8220;And they were filled with water,&#8221;<\/strong> (kai suneplerounto) &#8220;And they were filling up,&#8221; were about to sink, as water came overboard and into the boat, <span class='bible'>Mar 4:37<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>4) <strong>&#8220;And were in jeopardy.&#8221; <\/strong>(kai ekinduneuon) &#8220;And they were in serious danger,&#8221; or their lives and boat were in jeopardy, about to sink, about to perish, to drown, <span class='bible'>Mat 8:25<\/span>; Yet, Jesus their captain was at hand, their refuge in the time of storm, the one who pledges His own &#8220;I will never never leave you (desert you) or forsake you,&#8221; <span class='bible'>Heb 13:5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 34:7<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 46:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(23) <strong>He fell asleep.<\/strong>The verb so rendered differs from the was asleep of the other Gospels, and this is the only place of the New Testament in which it occurs. It is a somewhat more technical word, and is so far -characteristic of the physician-historian.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They were filled.<\/strong>Better, <em>they were filling,<\/em> the tense describing the process, not the completion.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> &lsquo;But as they sailed he fell asleep. And there came down a storm of wind on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p> As they sailed on, Jesus was lying in the boat exhausted from His labours, and fell asleep. In a boat such as this there would be a special seat at the stern which was the place of honour for any distinguished person aboard, where there would be a cushion and possibly a carpet. This was the place occupied by the exhausted Jesus. And then there arose a vicious storm the consequence of which was that the boat was filling with water and was in danger of sinking along with all on board. They were &lsquo;in jeopardy&rsquo;. Such storms were frequent on the Lake of Galilee because of the mountains and ravines surrounding the Lake, and the cold air of the mountains in contrast with the heat which hovered over the lake which was well below sea level. This at times caused and funnelled sudden strong winds onto the Lake. But these were experienced fishermen, and were used to storms at sea, especially on this sea which they had been sailing on for years. The situation had to be pretty bad for them to panic. The impression given by the story is that Jesus had expected just this situation. He had a lesson to teach His disciples.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em><span class='bible'>Luk 8:23<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong><em>He fell asleep:<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong> Some are of opinion, that on this occasion our Lord fell asleep designedly, to give as it were an opportunity for the full display of this extraordinary miracle: however, as hewent on board in the evening, his falling asleep may have happened in the nighttime, and in common course; particularly as he must have been fatigued with the labours of the preceding day. Instead of <em>they were filled, <\/em>some copies read <em>the vessel was filled. <\/em>See <span class='bible'>Mar 4:37<\/span>. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled <em> with water<\/em> , and were in jeopardy. <strong> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Ver. 23. See <span class='bible'>Mat 8:23<\/span> ; <span class='bible'>Mar 4:36<\/span> . <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 23.<\/strong> ] <strong> <\/strong> <strong> .<\/strong> belongs to the later Greek, and even there more commonly signifies &lsquo;to awaken.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong> from the sky or perhaps from the mountain valleys around: see <span class='bible'>Mat 7:27<\/span> , and note on <span class='bible'>Act 27:14<\/span> .<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong> <strong> .<\/strong> ] <strong> they<\/strong> (= their ship) <strong> were filling.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Henry Alford&#8217;s Greek Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <span class='bible'>Luk 8:23<\/span> .  , went off to sleep, fatigued with heat and speaking; the storm implies sultry conditions;  means both to awake =  , and to go to sleep =  ; <em> vide<\/em> Lobeck, <em> ad Phryn.<\/em> , p. 224.  , came down, from the hills.  , they ( <em> i.e.<\/em> , the boat) were getting full and in danger. Seamen would naturally say, &ldquo;we were getting full,&rdquo; when they meant the boat. Examples of such usage in Kypke.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>fell asleep = fell off (Greek. aphupnoo) into sleep. Only here in N.T. <\/p>\n<p>came down. Not rose up, as on the former occasion (Mat 8:24). <\/p>\n<p>a storm of wind = a squall. On the former occasion it was an earthquake(Greek. seismos). Here it was lailaps. <\/p>\n<p>on = on to. Greek eis. App-104. were filled were being swamped. Imperf. tense. Hence this was an open boat; in Matthew a decked boat. <\/p>\n<p>were in jeopardy = were beginning to be in danger: <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>23.] . belongs to the later Greek, and even there more commonly signifies to awaken.<\/p>\n<p>-from the sky-or perhaps from the mountain valleys around: see Mat 7:27, and note on Act 27:14.<\/p>\n<p>.] they (= their ship) were filling.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Greek Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Luk 8:23. , came down) viz. from the air.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>he fell: Psa 44:23, Isa 51:9, Isa 51:10, Heb 4:15 <\/p>\n<p>came: Psa 93:3, Psa 93:4, Psa 107:23-30, Psa 124:2-4, Psa 148:8, Isa 54:11, Act 27:14-20 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Psa 107:29 &#8211; General Jer 49:23 &#8211; on the sea Mat 8:24 &#8211; but Mar 4:37 &#8211; there arose<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Filled with water is explained by the closing words, were in jeopardy. We know that if the boat had been literally filled they would have perished then, but instead of that they were in danger of perishing.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>8:23 But as they sailed he fell {h} asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and {i} they were filled [with water], and were in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>(h) Jesus fell asleep, and it appears that he was very fast asleep, because they called him twice before he awoke.<\/p>\n<p>(i) Not the disciples, but the ship.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled [with water,] and were in jeopardy. 23. he fell asleep ] Rather, He fell into deep sleep. The day had been one of incessant toil; and He was resting (as St Mark tells &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-823\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 8:23&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}