The Storm Stilled

The words

1. Asleep

   Mark places Jesus asleep on a pillow at the stern; Luke says he falls asleep while they sail, and Matthew contrasts his sleep with waves covering the boat.

   Mark 4:38 (opens a new tab) · Luke 8:23 (opens a new tab) · Matthew 8:24 (opens a new tab)

2. Be Still

   Mark records Jesus rebuking the wind and saying to the sea, “Peace, be still”; the wind then ceases and Mark describes a great calm.

   Mark 4:39 (opens a new tab)

3. Fearful

   Matthew places Jesus’s question about being fearful before he rebukes the winds and sea; Mark gives the question after the wind has ceased and the great calm has come.

   Matthew 8:26 (opens a new tab) · Mark 4:39–40 (opens a new tab)

4. Great Calm

   Matthew and Mark both describe a great calm after the rebuke; Luke says there is a calm, then places Jesus’s question about faith before the disciples’ wondering.

   Matthew 8:26 (opens a new tab) · Mark 4:39 (opens a new tab) · Luke 8:24–25 (opens a new tab)

5. Hinder Part

   Stern; the rear of the boat.

   Mark locates Jesus in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow before the disciples wake him; the NET names that position as the stern.

   Mark 4:38 (opens a new tab) · NET Bible: Mark 4:35-41 (opens a new tab)

6. Jeopardy

   Danger or peril.

   Luke’s KJV describes them as filled with water and in jeopardy during the crossing; NET supplies the boat as what is filling and describes the people as in danger.

   Luke 8:23 (opens a new tab) · NET Bible: Luke 8:22-25 (opens a new tab)

7. Little Ships

   Small boats.

   Mark mentions other little ships with Jesus’s boat after the crowd is sent away and before the storm arises; the NET describes them simply as other boats.

   Did you know?

   The Library of Congress titles the pictured boats as part of a thirteen-slide Galilee set, while cataloging the surviving source as a glass dry-plate negative.

   Mark 4:36–37 (opens a new tab) · NET Bible: Mark 4:35-41 (opens a new tab) · Library of Congress: Galilee boats (opens a new tab)

8. Manner of Man

   What sort of person.

   Mark and Matthew use “What manner of man is this” after the calm; Luke’s KJV exclamation uses the same phrase while adding that wind and water obey him.

   Mark 4:41 (opens a new tab) · Matthew 8:27 (opens a new tab) · Luke 8:25 (opens a new tab) · NET Bible: Matthew 8:23-27 (opens a new tab)

9. Master

   Mark’s KJV uses Master when the disciples wake Jesus, while NET Mark uses Teacher; Luke repeats Master, master, and Matthew gives the appeal “Lord, save us.”

   Mark 4:38 (opens a new tab) · NET Bible: Mark 4:35-41 (opens a new tab) · Luke 8:24 (opens a new tab) · Matthew 8:25 (opens a new tab)

10. Other Side

    Mark places “Let us pass over unto the other side” at evening before the crossing; Luke’s KJV names the other side of the lake as Jesus’s proposed destination.

    Mark 4:35 (opens a new tab) · Luke 8:22 (opens a new tab)

11. Perish

    Die; be lost.

    All three KJV accounts place perish in the disciples’ words when they wake Jesus; Matthew pairs it with “save us,” while Mark asks whether he cares.

    Matthew 8:25 (opens a new tab) · Mark 4:38 (opens a new tab) · Luke 8:24 (opens a new tab) · NET Bible: Luke 8:22-25 (opens a new tab)

12. Pillow

    Mark describes Jesus asleep on a pillow in the stern before the disciples wake him; the NET calls it a cushion, without identifying a particular material or object.

    Mark 4:38 (opens a new tab) · NET Bible: Mark 4:35-41 (opens a new tab)

13. Storm of Wind

    Mark’s KJV describes a great storm of wind with waves beating into the ship; Luke uses storm of wind for what comes down on the lake while they sail.

    Mark 4:37 (opens a new tab) · Luke 8:23 (opens a new tab)

14. Tempest

    A violent storm.

    Matthew’s KJV calls the disturbance a great tempest and says the boat is covered with waves while Jesus sleeps; NET Matthew uses the word storm in this description.

    Matthew 8:24 (opens a new tab) · NET Bible: Matthew 8:23-27 (opens a new tab)

15. Waves

    Mark says the waves beat into the ship until it is full; Matthew describes the ship covered with waves, then has the disciples wake Jesus with their appeal.

    Mark 4:37 (opens a new tab) · Matthew 8:24–25 (opens a new tab)