Marc 4:39

39 Mais lui, étant réveillé, parla avec autorité aux vents, et il dit à la mer: Tais-toi, sois tranquille. Et le vent cessa, et il se fit un grand calme.

Marc 4:39 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:39

And he arose and rebuked the wind
He arose from off his pillow, and stood up; and in a majestic and authoritative way reproved the wind, as if it was a servant that had exceeded his commission; at which he shows some resentment:

and said unto the sea, peace, be still;
as if that which was very tumultuous and boisterous, and threatened with shipwreck and the loss of lives, had raged too much and too long:

and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm;
which was very unusual and extraordinary; for after the wind has ceased, and the storm is over, the waters of the sea being agitated thereby, keep raging, and in a violent motion, for a considerable time; whereas here, as soon as ever the word was spoken, immediately, at once, the wind ceased, and the sea was calmed: a clear proof this, that he must be the most high God, who gathers the winds in his fists, and stills the noise of the seas and their waves.

Marc 4:39 In-Context

37 Alors s'éleva un grand coup de vent, et les vagues entraient dans la barque, en sorte qu'elle commençait à s'emplir.

38 Mais il était à la poupe, dormant sur un oreiller; et ils le réveillèrent et lui dirent: Maître, ne te soucies-tu point de ce que nous périssons?

39 Mais lui, étant réveillé, parla avec autorité aux vents, et il dit à la mer: Tais-toi, sois tranquille. Et le vent cessa, et il se fit un grand calme.

40 Puis il leur dit: Pourquoi avez-vous peur? Comment n'avez-vous point de foi?

41 Et ils furent saisis d'une fort grande crainte, et ils se disaient l'un à l'autre: Mais qui est celui-ci, que le vent même et la mer lui obéissent?