Rebuking The Wind and Waves
The chapter ends with an account of Jesus's calming of the storm at sea. He is sleeping while crossing the lake in a boat with his disciples. A storm comes up and they frantically wake him:
- He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace! Be still!`. Then the wind ceased and there was a dead calm...And they were filled with great awe and said to one another `Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?` (Mark 4:39-41)
Parallel versions of this account are also found in Mathew 8:23-27 and Luke 8:22-25.
Dr. R.A.Cole, author of a book on Mark in the Tyndale New Testament Commentary series, writes:
- We must remember that miracles are not meaningless magic but designed to show us who Jesus was.
Read more about this topic: Mark 4
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