Showing posts with label Epiphany 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Epiphany 4. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Luther's Notes on the Gospel: Epiphany 4 -- Trust: Jesus Calms the Storm

Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
Matt 8:23-27
(NKJV)

23 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. 24 And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. 25 Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27 So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”


Luther's Explanatory Notes

23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 
The church prefigured. Here Christ has prefigured the Christians life, especially the Gospel ministry. The ship signifies Christianity, the sea signifies the world,