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Scott's Reference Library
Mark 4:35 through Mark 4:41 (NIV)
35That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to
the other side.” 36Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he
was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37A furious squall came
up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38Jesus
was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him,
“Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the
wind died down and it was completely calm.
40He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
41They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the
waves obey him!”
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 35-41
Christ was asleep in the storm, to try the faith of his disciples, and to stir
them up to pray. Their faith appeared weak, and their prayers strong. When our
wicked hearts are like the troubled sea which cannot rest, when our passions are
unruly, let us think we hear the law of Christ, saying, Be silent, be dumb. When
without are fightings, and within are fears, and the spirits are in a tumult, if
he say, “Peace, be still,” there is a great calm at once. Why are ye so fearful?
Though there may be cause for some fear, yet not for such fear as this. Those
may suspect their faith, who can have such a thought as that Jesus careth not
though his people perish. How imperfect are the best of saints! Faith and fear
take their turns while we are in this world; but ere long, fear will be
overcome, and faith will be lost in sight.