Mark 4:38
Read Mark 4:38 Using Other Translations
What does Mark 4:38 mean?
And he was in the hinder part of the ship
That is, Christ was in the stern of the ship: the Persic version
renders it, "he was in the bottom of the ship, in a corner", but
very wrongly; here he was
asleep on a pillow,
which some say was a wooden one, framed at the stern: however, he
was fast asleep on it, being greatly fatigued with the work of
the day; (See Gill on Matthew
8:24).
And they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou
not that
we perish?
The disciples came to him and jogged him, and awoke him out of
sleep; saying, Master, arise, and save us, or we are lost: hast
thou no concern for us? how canst thou lie sleeping here, when we
are in such danger? are our lives of no account with thee? is it
a matter of no moment with thee, whether we are saved or lost?
They seem to say this, not so much praying and interrogating, as
complaining and reproving.
