Mark 4:39

Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

In Context

38But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”

40“Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”

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Cross References

Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.

Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Proverbs 8:29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:36-41

Christ and His Disciples in the Storm. 35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we… Read the whole commentary →

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