38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?



Ver. 38. Asleep on a pillow] Neither did the noise of the sea, nor the hurry of the seamen labouring for life, awake Christ, till his own time was come. Despair not, if help be not at hand at first, as we desire: but awake Christ, as here, and Isa_51:9. God hath a mighty arm, but it may be asleep; the Church therefore cries three times in a verse, "Awake."