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Master, Master (Epistata, epistata). See note on Luk 5:5 for discussion. Mar 4:38 has Teacher (Didaskale), Mat 8:25 has Lord (Kurie). The repetition here shows the uneasiness of the disciples.
We perish (apollumetha). So in Mar 4:38; Mat 8:25. Linear present middle indicative, we are perishing.
The raging of the water (tōi kludoni tou hudatos). Kludōn, common Greek word, is a boisterous surge, a violent agitation. Here only in the N.T. save Jam 1:6. Kuma (Mar 4:37) is the regular swell or wave. A calm (galēnē). Only in the parallels in the N.T., though common word. Here Mar 4:39; Mat 8:26 add great (megalē).
That (hoti). This use of hoti as explanatory of the demonstrative pronoun houtos occurs in the parallels Mar 4:36; Mat 8:27 and also in Luk 4:36. It is almost result.
He commandeth (epitassei). Peculiar to Luke.