Asleep on the cushion (
epi to proskepalaion kaqeudwn). Mark also mentions the cushion or bolster and the stern of the boat (
en th prumnh).
Matthew 8:24 notes that Jesus was sleeping (
ekaqeuden), Luke that
he fell asleep (
apupnwsen, ingressive aorist indicative). He was worn out from the toil of this day.
They awake him (
egeirousin auton). So Mark's graphic present. Matthew and Luke both have "awoke him." Mark has also what the others do not: "Carest thou not?" (
ou melei soi;). It was a rebuke to Jesus for sleeping in such a storm. We are perishing (
apollumeqa, linear present middle). Precisely this same form also in
Matthew 8:25 and
Luke 8:24 .