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Peace, be still (σιώπα, πεφίμωσο)
Lit., be silent! be muzzled! Wyc., rather tamely, wax dumb! How much more vivid than the narratives of either Matthew or Luke is this personification and rebuke of the sea as a raging monster.
Ceased (ἐκόπασεν)
From κόπος meaning, 1, beating; 2, toil; 3, weariness. A beautiful and picturesque word. The sea sank to rest as if exhausted by its own beating.
There was (ἐγένετο)
More strictly, there arose or ensued. The aorist tense indicates something immediate. Tynd. has followed.
Calm
Wyc., peaceableness.