26 And he said to them, “Why are you fearful, you of little faith?” Then he got up and[a] rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm. 27 And the men were astonished, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”

Demon-possessed Gadarenes Healed

28 And when[b] he came to the other side,[c] to the region of the Gadarenes,[d] two demon-possessed men coming from among the tombs met him, very violent, so that no one was able to pass by along that road.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:26 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 8:28 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came”)
  3. Matthew 8:28 That is, the other side of the Sea of Galilee
  4. Matthew 8:28 Many manuscripts read “Gergesenes”; others read “Gerasenes” (see Luke 8:26)