Mark 4:38

Jesus was in the back part of the boat. He was sleeping, with his head on a cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher! ◄You ought to be concerned that we are about to die!/Are you not concerned that we are about to die?► [RHQ]”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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 perish?

In Context

37A strong wind came up and the waves started coming into the boat! The boat was soon nearly full of water!

39So Jesus got up and rebuked the wind. Then he said to the lake, “Be quiet! Be still! [DOU]” The wind immediately stopped blowing and then the lake became very calm.

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:27About noontime, Elijah started to make fun of them. He said, “ Surely Baal is a god, so it seems that you must shout louder! Perhaps he is thinking about something, or perhaps he has gone to the toilet. Or perhaps he is traveling somewhere, or perhaps he is asleep and you need to wake him up!”

Psalms 10:1Yahweh, ◄why are you far away from us?/it seems that you are far away from us.► [RHQ] Why do you not pay attention when we have troubles [RHQ]?

Psalms 44:23So, Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]? Get up! Do not reject us forever!

Isaiah 40:27You people of Israel [DOU], why do you complain that Yahweh does not see the troubles that you are experiencing? Why do you say that he does not act fairly toward you?

Isaiah 51:9Yahweh, wake up and do something for us! Show your power! Do mighty things like you did long ago, when you stabbed [RHQ] that sea monster/dragon Rahab and cut it into pieces.

Isaiah 63:15Yahweh, look down from heaven; look down on us from your holy and glorious home. You were [RHQ] previously very concerned about us, and you acted powerfully to help us. But it seems that you do not act mercifully and zealously for us any more.

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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