4:35,36
We now come to the well known incident of Jesus calming the storm. This is followed in the subsequent chapter by a number of incidents that demonstrate the authority of Jesus. “That day when evening came ...” implies that they went over to the other side after a day’s teaching. “They took Him along, just as He was” seems a rather odd way of saying it, as though they are in charge of ferrying Jesus about.
4:37
“A furious squall came up”. The Sea of Galilee was known for such squalls. With a number of the disciples being fishermen, they would not easily be scared, being familiar with the conditions one might encounter. This was a serious storm, threatening to swamp the boat and lead to drowning.
4:38
Meanwhile Jesus was sleeping. This could be due to tiredness after a day’s teaching, or could be because He was perfectly at peace. The disciples are surprised and shocked at Jesus’ seeming unawareness of the danger they were in. In Matthews’s account (Matt 8:25) they say to Him “Lord save us! We’re going to drown!”. Taking Mark (or Luke) alone it could be that they are just shocked that Jesus seems to be totally unaware of the danger, but Matthew says they did call on Jesus to save them. However, 4:41 indicates that they did not expect Him to calm the storm.
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