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.
Cross-references
In Matthew 16:8, Jesus uses the same phrase 'O you of little faith' when disciples worry about bread, linking lack of faith in different situations.
In Matthew 14:31, Jesus repeats the exact rebuke 'O you of little faith' after rescuing Peter, reinforcing the same lesson.
In Matthew 6:30, Jesus uses the same rebuke 'O you of little faith' regarding anxiety, paralleling the lesson about fear and trust.
Isaiah 50:2 shows God rebuking the sea — Jesus does the same, revealing divine authority over creation.
Luke 8:24 is the parallel account in Luke, with Jesus rebuking the wind and waves.
Mark 6:48-51 shows Jesus walking on water and calming another storm, repeating the miracle.
Mark 4:41 records the disciples' awe — 'Who is this? Even wind and sea obey him' — highlighting Jesus' identity.
Mark 4:40 is the parallel account of this same event, where Jesus asks 'Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?'
Mark 4:39 is the parallel account of the same event, with nearly identical wording.
Luke 8:25 is the parallel account of this same event, where Jesus asks 'Where is your faith?' after calming the storm.
Nahum 1:4 directly states God rebukes the sea — Jesus' rebuke echoes that exact divine action.
Isaiah 63:12 recalls God dividing the sea — Jesus' calming mirrors that same divine power.
In Job 38:8-11, God sets bounds for the sea — Jesus' command over the storm shows he exercises the same divine authority over chaos.
Psalm 107:28-30 describes sailors crying to God who stills the storm — the disciples' cry and Jesus' response mirror this pattern, showing Jesus as God.
Psalm 65:7 declares God stills the roaring seas — Jesus' calming of the storm is a direct enactment of that divine power.
Psalm 104:6-9 recounts God setting boundaries for the waters at creation — Jesus' command echoes that original ordering of chaos.
Psalm 93:4 proclaims the Lord mightier than the noise of many waters — Jesus' calming of the storm displays that superior might.
Psalm 89:9 says God rules the raging sea and stills its waves — Jesus' 'Peace, be still' fulfills that very description.
In Joshua 3:16, God stops the Jordan's flow — a display of power over water that prefigures Jesus' authority to calm the storm.
Mark 6:51 is the parallel account of Jesus walking on water, where disciples are utterly astounded — same miracle of calming nature.
In 2 Samuel 22:16, the sea is exposed at the Lord's rebuke — the same divine power over the sea that Jesus demonstrates by rebuking the storm.
Psalm 29:3 depicts the LORD's voice over mighty waters—showing divine authority over storms, which Jesus demonstrates by rebuking the sea.
Psalm 106:9 says God 'rebuked the Red Sea'—the same verb used when Jesus rebukes the storm, showing Jesus wielding divine power over waters.
Luke 12:28 uses the same phrase 'O you of little faith' about God's provision, directly linking to Jesus' rebuke of the disciples' fear.
Psalm 107:29 says God 'made the storm be still'—the exact scenario Jesus performs, establishing His divine identity as the One who calms storms.
In Luke 4:35, Jesus rebukes an unclean spirit, just as he rebukes the wind and sea here — both demonstrate authority over creation and demons.
Psalm 114:3-7 depicts the sea fleeing at God's presence in the Exodus — Jesus' authority over the storm parallels that divine power, though in a different context.
Romans 4:19 says Abraham did not become weak in faith, contrasting the disciples' weak faith here — a positive example vs negative.
In Exodus 14:10, Israel fears the Egyptians at the sea — a situation where God delivers, parallel to the disciples' fear in the storm.
Habakkuk 3:8 portrays God's power over the sea — Jesus' act aligns with that theophany.
Jonah 1:15 records the sea ceasing after Jonah was thrown overboard—a calming of a storm, similar to Jesus' direct command, but through different means.
Proverbs 8:29 says God gave the sea its decree not to transgress — Jesus' rebuke 'Peace, be still' commands the sea, acting as the one who sets that decree.