Jesus Calms the Storm
Mark 4:35-41 · Berean Standard Bible
As a furious storm swamps the boat, Jesus is asleep on a cushion; the terrified disciples wake Him, and He rebukes the wind and waves with 'Peace! Be still,' and everything goes calm. He asks, 'Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?' The story reveals Jesus' authority over creation and calls us to trust Him in the storms that overwhelm us.
35When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
36After they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with Him.
37Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.
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?”
39Then 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.
40“Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”
41Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
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