MATTHEW CHAPTER 8
Jesus shows his mastery over the forces of nature
8:23-25 – Then he went aboard the boat, and his disciples followed him. Before long a terrific storm sprang up and the boat was awash with the waves. Jesus was sleeping soundly and the disciples went forward and woke him up. “Lord, save us!” they cried. “We are drowning!”
8:26-27 – “What are you so frightened about, you little-faiths?” he replied. Then he got to his feet and rebuked the wind and the waters and there was a great calm. The men were filled with astonishment and kept saying, “Whatever sort of man is this – why, even the wind and the waves do what he tells them!”
MARK CHAPTER 4
Jesus shows himself master of natural forces
4:35 – On the evening of that day, he said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.”
4:36-38 – So they sent the crowd home and took him with them in the little boat in which he had been sitting, accompanied by other small craft. Then came a violent squall of wind which drove the waves aboard the boat until it was almost swamped. Jesus was in the stern asleep on the cushion. They awoke him with the words, “Master, don’t you care that we’re drowning?”
4:39 – And he woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, “Hush now! Be still!” The wind dropped and everything was very still.
LUKE CHAPTER 8
Jesus’ mastery of wind and water
8:22 – It happened on one of these days that he embarked on a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.”
8:23-25 – So they set sail, and when they were under way he dropped off to sleep. Then a squall of wind swept down upon the lake and they were in grave danger of being swamped. Coming forward, they woke him up, saying. “Master, master, we’re drowning!” Then he got up and reprimanded the wind and the stormy waters, and they died down, and everything was still. Then he said to them, “What has happened to your faith?” But they were frightened and bewildered and kept saying to each other, “Who ever can this be? He gives orders even to the winds and waters and they obey him.”
