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Matthew 8:24

Matthew 8:24

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And, behold (, note). Perhaps when with Jesus they hardly expected a storm. There arose a great tempest in the sea. St. Matthew records only the effect of the sudden rush ( λαῖλαψ in the parallel passages) of the wind down the gorges.

Insomuch that the ship (Revised Version, boat) was covered with the waves. The waves swept again and again clean over the boat. Slowly but surely the boat was filling(parallel passages). But he was asleep.

All the time ( ἑκάθευδεν). Yet what a contrast to Jonah ().

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