KJV: And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
YLT: and he said to them, 'Why are ye so fearful? how have ye not faith?'
Darby: And he said to them, Why are ye thus fearful? how is it ye have not faith?
ASV: And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful? have ye not yet faith?
εἶπεν | He said |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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αὐτοῖς | to them |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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Τί | Why |
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: τίς Sense: who, which, what. |
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δειλοί | fearful |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: δειλός Sense: timid, fearful. |
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ἐστε | are you |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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οὔπω | Still not |
Parse: Adverb Root: οὔπω Sense: not yet. |
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ἔχετε | have you |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: ἔχω Sense: to have, i.e. to hold. |
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πίστιν | faith |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: πίστις Sense: conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it. |
Greek Commentary for Mark 4:40
They had the Lord of the wind and the waves with them in the boat. He was still Master even if asleep in the storm. [source]
Not yet had they come to feel that Jesus was really Lord of nature. They had accepted his Messiaship, but all the conclusions from it they had not yet drawn. How like us in our troubles they were! [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 4:40
The dative case. Hence, as Rev., for the fearful. Only here, Matthew 8:26, and Mark 4:40. [source]
Old word (from δειδω deidō to fear) for the cowardly, who recanted under persecution, in N.T. only here, Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:40.Unbelieving (απιστοις apistois). “Faithless,” “untrustworthy,” in contrast with Christ “ο πιστος ho pistos ” (Revelation 1:5). Cf. Revelation 2:10, Revelation 2:13; Revelation 3:14; Revelation 17:14. Disloyalty is close kin to cowardice.Abominable Perfect passive participle of βδελυσσω bdelussō old verb, in N.T. only here and Romans 2:22, common in lxx, to pollute (Exod 5:21). Those who have become defiled by the impurities of emperor-worship (Revelation 7:4.; Revelation 21:27; Romans 2:22; Titus 1:16).Murderers (πονευσιν phoneusin). As a matter of course and all too common always (Mark 7:21; Romans 1:29; Revelation 9:21).Fornicators Again all too common always, then and now (1 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Timothy 1:9.). These two crimes often go together.Sorcerers (παρμακοις pharmakois). Old word, in N.T. only here and Revelation 22:15. Closely connected with idolatry and magic (Revelation 9:21; Revelation 13:13.).Idolaters See 1 Corinthians 5:10.; 1 Corinthians 10:7; Ephesians 5:5; Revelation 22:15. With a powerful grip on men‘s lives then and now.All liars (πασι τοις πσευδεσιν pasi tois pseudesin). Repeated in Revelation 22:15 and stigmatized often (Revelation 2:2; Revelation 3:9; Revelation 14:5; Revelation 21:8, Revelation 21:27; Revelation 22:15). Not a “light” sin. [source]