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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Mark 4:41 - 4:41
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And they feared exceedingly - were struck with deep awe.
and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? - “What is this? Israel has all along been singing of Jehovah, ‘Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them!’ ‘The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea!’ (Psa 89:9; Psa 93:4). But, lo, in this very boat of ours is One of our own flesh and blood, who with His word of command hath done the same! Exhausted with the fatigues of the day, He was but a moment ago in a deep sleep, undisturbed by the howling tempest, and we had to waken Him with the cry of our terror; but rising at our call, His majesty was felt by the raging elements, for they were instantly hushed - ‘WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS?’”