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079: Calming the Storm

And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? - Mark 4:40

Reason: What reasons do we have?
Fear: We are expected to have no fear.
Faith: We are expected to have absolute confidence.

Book	Matthew	Mark	Luke	John
Passage	8:23-27	4:35-41	8:22-25	Not in this book
Lectionary	Not in the Lectionary	Proper 7B (4:35-5:20)	Not in the Lectionary
Text	23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!	35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?	22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
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Time Frame	Autumn (About Sep-Oct) of 28 A.D. / 780 A.U.C, near the end of his Third Journey, about 1½ years into his public ministry (about half-way through his public minstry).

Quotes

On Verse: Mark 4:40 - Matthew 8:26 - Luke 8:25

Mark 4:40

Faith they had, for they applied to Christ for relief: but little, for they were afraid, though Christ was in the ship. Faith dispels fear, but only in proportion to its strength.

- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary, Mark 4:40

Not that the disciples were without faith. No, they believed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; but at this time their fears prevailed so that they seemed to have no faith at all. It was out of the way, when they had occasion for it, and so it was as if they had not had it. "How is it, that in this matter ye have no faith, that ye think I would not come in with seasonable and effectual relief?’’ Those may suspect their faith, who can entertain such a thought as that Christ careth not though his people perish, and Christ justly takes it ill.

- Matthew Henry, Commentary, Vol. 5, p. 475

The greater danger was the unbelief of the disciples; that, as much as the storm, needed to be addressed by Jesus.

- Guzik, David, Study Guide

Matthew 8:26

You should not have forgotten that he had power to save, and that with him you are safe. So Christians should never fear danger, disease, or death. With Jesus they are safe. No enemy can reach him; and as he is safe, so they shall be also

- Barnes, Albert, New Testament Commentary, Matthew 8:26

First, he composed their spirits, and then the sea.

- Wesley, John, Notes Upon the New Testament, Vol. 1, on Matthew 8:26

There is no reason in our unbelief. That “Why?” is unanswerable. If we are right in having any faith, we must be wrong in having any fear. Little faith, from one point of view, is most precious; but under another aspect it is most unjustifiable.

Why “little faith” in a great God? It is well that it is faith; it is ill that it is little.

- Spurgeon, C.H., Spurgeon's Commentary on Matthew, Matthew 8:26

They had, as Mark reports his words, "no faith," thit is, to hush the elments or their own panic; but they had faith that their Master could.

- D.D. Whedon, Commentary on the Gospels, Vol. I: Matthew-Mark, p. 112

Luke 8:25

Ye have a power to believe, and yet do not exercise it! Depend on God. Ye have little faith, (Mt 8:26,) because you do not use the grace which I have already given you. Many are looking for more faith without using that which they have. It is as possible to hide this talent as any other.

- Clarke, Adam, Adam Clarke's Commentary, Luke 8:25

Believers, notwithstanding their union to Christ and his deep interest in their welfare, may nevertheless be in great danger; and nothing will keep them from tormenting fears, but living and habitual faith in him.

- Family Bible Notes, Luke 8:25

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