Luke 8:25

“Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses the disciples immediately after calming the lake, while they are frightened and amazed by His authority. The words — The Greek ποῦ (pou) and πίστις (pistis) combine in the direct question “Where is your faith?” (Luke 8:25). The thread — The same event and question appear in Matthew 8:26 and Mark 4:40, while Proverbs 30:4 references divine control over wind and water. Why it lands — The text records Jesus challenging the disciples’ trust after demonstrating His command over creation, leaving them to recognize His identity.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And 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.

Cross-references

Matthew 8:26 “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
Mark 4:40 “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”
Matthew 14:31 Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
John 11:40 Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
Genesis 1:9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
Proverbs 8:29 when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
Matthew 17:20 “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Luke 12:28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!
Joshua 10:12 On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”