Matthew 8:25

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

Cross-references

In Matthew 14:30, Peter cries 'Lord, save me' while sinking — an identical plea in a similar life-threatening moment.

Psalm 44:23 Allusion

Psalm 44:23 cries 'Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?' — a direct parallel to the disciples waking Jesus in their panic.

Isaiah 51:9 Allusion

Isaiah 51:9 calls on the arm of the Lord to awake — echoing the disciples' urgent call for divine intervention.

Mark 4:38 Parallel

In Mark 4:38, the disciples wake Jesus with the same 'perishing' cry — a synoptic parallel of the identical event.

Mark 4:39 Parallel

Mark 4:39 records Jesus rebuking the wind and sea — the divine answer to the disciples' plea for salvation.

Luke 8:24 Parallel

Luke 8:24 gives the parallel account with the same cry and Jesus rebuking the storm — confirming the story.

Psalm 107:28 directly describes sailors crying to the Lord in a storm — the same setting and response pattern as here.

Jonah 1:6 Parallel

In Jonah 1:6, the captain wakes Jonah to call on God during a storm — a similar scene of a sleeper and a cry for salvation.

In Exodus 14:10, Israel cries out to the Lord when trapped by the sea — a parallel desperate plea in a life-threatening situation.

In 2 Chronicles 20:12, Jehoshaphat's prayer expresses total dependence on God — echoing the disciples' helpless cry.