In Mark 4:35-41, Jesus calms a violent storm on the Sea of Galilee with two words.
The point of the story isn't the weather, it's the question the disciples ask afterwards: "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
In the Old Testament, only God has authority to command the sea (Psalm 89, Psalm 107, Job 38). Mark is telling us who Jesus is by showing us what he does. How come?
When Jesus calms the storm on the Sea of Galilee in Mark 4:35-41, he isn't just performing a miracle, he's stepping into territory the Old Testament reserves for God alone.
This Word for the Week works through the Greek text verse by verse.
Along the way we look at:
Why the Sea of Galilee produces sudden, violent storms (and what the 1986 discovery of a first-century fishing boat tells us about the danger the disciples were actually in)
Why the sea itself carried theological weight for a Jewish audience: chaos, tehom, and the God who alone rules the waves
The deliberate echo of Jonah, and why the differences matter more than the similarities
Why Jesus secures the disciples before he corrects them, and what that says about the character of God
Why the storm doesn't mean they got the wrong boat: obedience to Christ's call can run straight into weather, not around it.
So this isn't a story about the weather.
It's Mark's opening move in a question he wants every reader to answer for themselves, a question that doesn't get its full answer until a Roman centurion stands at the foot of a cross in chapter 15.
Read Mark's Gospel (get a copy free - no sign-up) right through to that centurion's answer:
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