Mark 4:37

37 And a great storm of wind developed, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already being filled [with water].

Mark 4:37 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:37

And there arose a great storm of wind
Called Laelaps, a wind that is suddenly whirled about upwards and downwards, and is said to be a storm, or tempest of wind with rain; it was a sort of a hurricane:

and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was full;
of water, and ready to sink. Beza says in one copy it read, (buyizesyai) , and so in one of Stephens's. It was immersed, covered all over with water, and was going down at once to the bottom; so that they were in imminent danger, in the utmost extremity; (See Gill on Matthew 8:24).

Mark 4:37 In-Context

35 And on that day, [when it] was evening, he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side."

36 And leaving the crowd, they took him along, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.

37 And a great storm of wind developed, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already being filled [with water].

38 And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, is it not a concern to you that we are perishing?"

39 And he woke up [and] rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Be silent!" And the wind abated and there was a great calm.

Footnotes

• [a]. *The words "[with water]" are not in the Greek text but are implied