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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto the sea, Peace, be still. Can you not almost fancy that you can hear that commanding voice addressing the raging, roaring, tumultuous winds and waves? Mar_4:39. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Not only was the wind quieted, and the sea hushed to slumber, but a deep, dead, mysterious calm transformed the lake into a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto them,.... His disciples, why are ye so fearful? since he was with them in person, whose power to keep and preserve them, they had no room to question, when they reflected on the miracles they had so lately seen performed by him: how is it that ye have no faith? That is, in exercise: faith they had, but it was very small, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto them,- When he had calmed the winds and the waves, he had to speak to another fickle set, more fickle than either winds or waves: “and he said unto them,”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? And they feared exceedingly,-- They went from one fear to another, but this time it was the fear of awe-a hallowed dread of what might happen to a ship which had “oh a mysterious Person on board. Though there was probably in their minds no fear of death, it seemed to them a fearsome thing to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Blessed God-man, we worship and adore thee!