Mark 4:37

Mark 4:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
• New International Version (NIV)A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.

Context of Mark 4:37

35As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” 36So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water. 38Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?” 39When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.

Mark 4:37 word by word

καὶ γίνεται λαῖλαψ μεγάλη ἀνέμου, καὶ τὰ κύματα ἐπέβαλλεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ὥστε ἤδη γεμίζεσθαι τὸ πλοῖον.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• there aroseγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• aλαῖλαψlailaps · stormG2978
• greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• of windἄνεμοςanemos · windG417
• andδέde · thenG1161
• the wavesκῦμαkuma · a waveG2949
• beatἐπιβάλλωepiballō · to put on/seizeG1911
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the shipὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the shipπλοῖονploion · boatG4143
• so thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wasγεμίζωgemizō · to fillG1072
• nowἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235

Cross-references for Mark 4:37

• Matthew 8:23Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples.
• Luke 8:22One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and started out.
• Job 1:12“All right, you may test him,” the Lord said to Satan. “Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don’t harm him physically.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.
• Psalms 107:23Some went off to sea in ships, plying the trade routes of the world.
• Jonah 1:4But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.
• Acts 27:14But the weather changed abruptly, and a wind of typhoon strength (called a “northeaster”) burst across the island and blew us out to sea.
• 2 Corinthians 11:25Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.

Commentaries on Mark 4:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37A great storm of wind - See on Matthew 8:24; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35-41Verses 35-41 See the notes at Matthew 8:18-27. Mark 4:36 Even as he was in the ship - They took him without making any preparation for the voyage; without providing any food or raiment. He was sitting in a ship, or boat, instructing the people. In the same boat, probably ill fitted to encounter a storm on the lake, they sailed. This would render their danger more imminent and the miracle more striking. There were with him other little ships - Belonging…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 35-41Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-41This passage focuses on the greatness of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The authority of Jesus over the forces of nature showed that he is divine (truly God). the other side: The eastern side of the Sea of Galilee was the region of the Gerasenes (5:1). The presence of other boats following him shows how popular Jesus had become.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3737. And there arose a great storm of wind--"a tempest of wind." To such sudden squalls the Sea of Galilee is very liable from its position, in a deep basin, skirted on the east by lofty mountain ranges, while on the west the hills are intersected by narrow gorges through which the wind sweeps across the lake, and raises its waters with great rapidity into a storm. and the waves beat into the ship--kept beating or pitching on the ship. so that it was now…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 4:37

• Faith
• Galilee
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Sea
• Trouble

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• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Tempest
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Commentaries on Mark 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings