Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Mark 4:39

Then 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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

KJV

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
διεγερθεὶςdiegertheishaving been awokenG1326 →
ἐπετίμησενepetimēsenHe rebukedG2008 →
τῷtōtheG3588 →
ἀνέμῳanemōwindG417 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
εἶπενeipensaidG2036 →
τῇtēato theG3588 →
θαλάσσῃ·thalassēsea;G2281 →
σιώπα,siōpaSilence!G4623 →
πεφίμωσο.pephimōsoyou must be still!G5392 →
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἐκόπασενekopasenabatedG2869 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
ἄνεμος,anemoswind,G417 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐγένετοegenetothere wasG1096 →
γαλήνηgalēnēa calmG1055 →
μεγάλη.¶megalēgreat.G3173 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.Psalms 89:9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.Psalms 29:10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.Proverbs 8:29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.Matthew 8:3Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.Mark 6:51Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?Psalms 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—Psalms 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.Exodus 14:28–29The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,Psalms 104:7–9At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—Exodus 14:22and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.Habakkuk 3:8Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

Featured studies on this passage

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee — Rembrandt

On Mark 4:39

Calming the Storm: Mark 4:35–41

Open the study →

Rembrandt, The Return of the Prodigal Son (c. 1668) — Luke 15:11–32

Walks through Mark 4

Parables of Jesus

The kingdom told in stories — some forty parables of Jesus, gathered into seven clusters and opened one door at a time.

Open the study →

The Sower — Jean-François Millet

Walks through Mark 4

The Kingdom Parables

Matthew 13 is one teaching day with two rooms — four parables from a boat to the multitude, four in a house to the disciples — and the chapter's own hinges show the floorplan.

Open the study →

Jesus Teaches the People by the Sea — James Tissot

Walks through Mark 4

Why Jesus Spoke in Parables

The disciples asked the question outright — Matthew 13:10 — and Jesus answered it from Isaiah 6. One form of speech that reveals and conceals at once, and the text says both without blushing.

Open the study →

The Prophet Isaiah — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Walks through Mark 4

The Throne Vision: Isaiah 6

Open the study →

About Mark

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee — Rembrandt (1633), public domain
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee — Rembrandt (1633), public domain
Mark: the study guide →Read chapter 4 →The featured study →
Continue: Mark 4 →