But as he sailed he fell asleep,.... On a pillow, in the hinder part of the ship, as in Mr 4:38
and there came down a storm of wind on the lake,
[See comments on Matthew 8:24].
and they were filled; with water: not the disciples, but the ship in which they were; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "their ship was filled with water". The Syriac and Persic versions render it, "the ship was almost sunk", or immersed:
and were in jeopardy; of their lives, in the utmost danger, just ready to go to the bottom. This clause is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions.
But as he sailed he fell asleep,.... On a pillow, in the hinder part of the ship, as in Mr 4:38
and there came down a storm of wind on the lake,
[See comments on Matthew 8:24].
and they were filled; with water: not the disciples, but the ship in which they were; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "their ship was filled with water". The Syriac and Persic versions render it, "the ship was almost sunk", or immersed:
and were in jeopardy; of their lives, in the utmost danger, just ready to go to the bottom. This clause is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions.