Mark 4:39

Jesus woke up. He told the wind to die down and told the waves, “Be quiet! Be still.” The wind stopped, and the water became completely calm.

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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

38Jesus was asleep in the stern, resting his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting at him, “Teacher, don't you care that we're about to drown?”

40“Why are you so frightened? Haven't you learned to trust me?” he asked them.

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Cross References

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

Job 38:11I said, ‘You may come here, but no farther. Here is where your proud waves stop.’

Psalms 65:7You calm the raging seas and crashing waves, you silence the noisy shouts of the nations.

Psalms 93:3The floods have raised up, Lord; the floods have raised their voices; the floods have raised up their crashing waves.

Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm, the waves were quiet.

Proverbs 8:29when he set limits on the sea so that the waters would not go farther than he ordered, and when he laid 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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