Mark 4:37–41
In the storm Jesus sleeps; when woken, he calms the wind and the sea
Study it word by word37And a great windstorm arises, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.
38And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they wake him and say to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”
39And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40And he said to them, “Why are you cowards? Do you still not have faith?”
41And they feared with a great fear and were saying to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
In its context
35And he says to them on that day, when evening had come, “Let us go across to the other side.”
36And leaving the crowd, they take him along, just as he was, in the boat; and other boats were with him.
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Its words in the original
- γίνεταιginetai· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- λαῖλαψlailaps· storm
Storm, squall.
- μεγάληmegalē· great
Great, large.
- ἀνέμουanemou· wind
Wind.
- κύματαkymata· wave
Wave.
- ἐπέβαλλενepeballen· lay on, put on
Throw on, lay on.
- πλοῖονploion· boat
Boat.
- ὥστεhōste· so that
So that, therefore.
- ἤδηēdē· already
Already, by now.
- γεμίζεσθαιgemizesthai· fill
Fill, be filled.
- ἦνēn· be
Be, exist.
- πρύμνῃprymnēi· stern
Stern, the back part of a boat.
- προσκεφάλαιονproskephalaion· cushion
Cushion, pillow.
- καθεύδωνkatheudōn· sleep
Sleep.
- ἐγείρουσινegeirousin· raise
Raise, wake up; get up; raise from the dead.
- λέγουσινlegousin· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΔιδάσκαλεDidaskale· teacher
Teacher, one who teaches.
- μέλειmelei· be of concern
Matter, be a concern to someone.
- ἀπολλύμεθαapollymetha· destroy, perish
Destroy, cause to perish; in the middle voice, perish, be lost.
- διεγερθεὶςdiegertheis· wake, rouse
Wake up, rouse; be stirred up.
- ἐπετίμησενepetimēsen· rebuke, warn
Rebuke, reprove; order sternly.
- θαλάσσῃthalassēi· sea
Sea; also a large lake, such as the Sea of Galilee.
- ΣιώπαSiōpa· be silent
Be silent, keep quiet.
- πεφίμωσοpephimōso· muzzle, silence
Muzzle an animal; hence, silence, make someone be quiet.
- ἐκόπασενekopasen· cease, die down
Grow calm, die down, as the wind.
- γαλήνηgalēnē· calm
Calm at sea.
- δειλοίdeiloi· fearful, cowardly
Fearful, cowardly.
- οὔπωoupō· not yet
Not yet.
- ἔχετεechete· have
Have, possess, hold.
- πίστινpistin· faith
Faith: firm trust in God; also faithfulness.
- ἐφοβήθησανephobēthēsan· fear, be afraid
Fear, be afraid; also show reverent respect.
- φόβονphobon· fear
Fear; also reverent respect.
- ἀλλήλουςallēlous· one another
One another, each other.
- ἄραara· then, so
So then, therefore.
- ὑπακούειhypakouei· obey
Obey; also listen, answer a knock at the door.