Mark - 4:37



37 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 4:37.

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And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
And there ariseth a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, insomuch that the boat was now filling.
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was filled.
And there comes a violent gust of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it already filled.
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was now full.
And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,
But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.
And a great storm of wind came up, and the waves came into the boat, so that the boat was now becoming full.
And a great wind storm occurred, and the waves broke over the boat, so that the boat was being filled.
A violent squall came on, and the waves kept dashing into the boat, so that the boat was actually filling.

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A great storm of wind - See on Matthew 8:24 (note).

(6) And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
(6) They that sail with Christ, although he seems to sleep ever so soundly when they are in danger, yet they are preserved by him in due time, being awakened.

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, 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.

And there arose a great storm of wind--"a tempest of wind." To such sudden squalls the Sea of Galilee is very liable from its position, in a deep basin, skirted on the east by lofty mountain ranges, while on the west the hills are intersected by narrow gorges through which the wind sweeps across the lake, and raises its waters with great rapidity into a storm.
and the waves beat into the ship--kept beating or pitching on the ship.
so that it was now full--rather, "so that it was already filling." In Matthew (Matthew 8:24), "insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves"; but this is too strong. It should be, "so that the ship was getting covered by the waves." So we must translate the word used in Luke (Luke 8:23) --not as in our version--"And there came down a storm on the lake, and they were filled [with water]"--but "they were getting filled," that is, those who sailed; meaning, of course, that their ship was so.

There arose a great storm. See notes on Matthew 8:23-27. Compare Luke 8:22-25. The Sea of Galilee lies 600 feet below the level of the Mediterranean, and has a tropical climate. Only a short distance north are the high mountains of Lebanon. The heated air about the sea invites the rush of cold waves from the mountains.

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