Mark 4:39

And having awoken, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace, be stilled”; and the wind stilled, and there was a great calm;

Literal Standard Version

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

38and He Himself was on the stern, sleeping on the pillow, and they wake Him up, and say to Him, “Teacher, are You not caring that we perish?”

40and He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How have you no faith?”

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Cross References

Exodus 14:22and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea on dry land, and the waters [are] a wall to them, on their right and on their left.

Job 38:11And say, To here you come, and no more, || And a command is placed || On the pride of your billows.

Psalms 65:7Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, || And the multitude of the peoples.

Psalms 93:3Floods have lifted up, O YHWH, || Floods have lifted up their voice, || Floods lift up their breakers.

Psalms 107:29He calms a whirlwind, || And their billows are hushed.

Proverbs 8:29In His setting for the sea its limit, || And the waters do not transgress His command, || In His decreeing the foundations of 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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