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Asleep on the cushion (epi to proskephalaion katheudōn). Mark also mentions the cushion or bolster and the stern of the boat (en tēi prumnēi). Mat 8:24 notes that Jesus was sleeping (ekatheuden), Luke that he fell asleep (aphupnōsen, ingressive aorist indicative). He was worn out from the toil of this day.
They awake him (egeirousin auton). So Mark’s graphic present. Matthew and Luke both have “awoke him.” Mark has also what the others do not: “Carest thou not?” (ou melei soi̱). It was a rebuke to Jesus for sleeping in such a storm. We are perishing (apollumetha, linear present middle). Precisely this same form also in Mat 8:25 and Luk 8:24.