Mark 4:41 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 4:41

Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

BSB

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ASV

And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

KJV

And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

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Commentary

3 voices

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) Or else the ship into which He embarked, is taken to mean the tree of His passion, by which the faithful attain to the security of the safe shore. The other ships which are said to have been with the Lord, signify those, who are imbued with faith in the cross of Christ, and are not beaten about by the whirlwind of tribulation; or who, after the storms of temptation, are enjoying the serenity of peace.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark (1107)

The disciples said among themselves, "Who then is this?" because they still had an indefinite conception of Him. Since Christ calmed the sea by a single command, and not with a rod, like Moses, not with a prayerful cry, like Elisha at the Jordan, not …

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

But he arose, and rebuked the wind and the tempest of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm. And he said to them, Where is your faith? And they were afraid, and wondered, saying among themselves, Who is this? for he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And they feared exceedingly,.... That is, the men in the ship, the mariners to whom the ship belonged, and who had the management of it: and said to one another, as persons in the greatest amazement, what manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Surely this person must not be a mere man; he must be more than a man; he must be truly God, that has such power over the wind and sea.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

What manner of man is this? - They were astonished at such power proceeding from a person who appeared to be only like one of themselves. It is often profitable to entertain each other with the succor and support which we receive from God in times of temptation and distress; and to adore, with respectful awe, that sovereign power and goodness by which we have been delivered.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

These verses describe a storm on the sea of Galilee, when our Lord and His disciples were crossing it, and a miracle performed by our Lord in calming the storm in a moment. Few miracles recorded in the Gospel were so likely to strike the minds of the apostles as this. Four of them at least were fishermen. Peter, Andrew, James, and John, had probably known the sea of Galilee, and its storms, from their youth. Few events in our Lord's journeyings to and fro upon earth, contain more rich instruction than the one related in this passage.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐφοβήθησαν	ephobēthēsan	they feared	G5399 →
φόβον	phobon	[with] fear	G5401 →
μέγαν	megan	great	G3173 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔλεγον	elegon	were saying	G3004 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
ἀλλήλους·	allēlous	each other;	G240 →
τίς	tis	Who	G5101 →
ἄρα	ara	then	G686 →
οὗτός	houtos	this	G3778 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄνεμος	anemos	wind	G417 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
θάλασσα	thalassa	sea	G2281 →
ὑπακούει	hupakouei	it obeys	G5219 →
αὐτῷ;¶	autō	Him?	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 8:25
“Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”
leads to
- Matthew 8:26
  “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
- Mark 4:40–41
  “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”
- Proverbs 30:4
  Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth?…
- Matthew 14:31
  Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
- John 11:40
  Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
Through
Psalms 89:7
In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
leads to
- Psalms 47:2
  How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
- Psalms 76:7–11
  You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
Through
Job 38:11
and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
leads to
- Psalms 89:9
  You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

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About Mark

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee — Rembrandt (1633), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark