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Mat_8:24-25. Σεισμός ] Agitation, specially in the sense of earthquake, here: storm (Jer_23:19; Nah_1:3).
καλύπτεσθαι ] The waves were dashing over the boat.
αὐτὸς δὲ ἐκάθευδε ] but He Himself was sleeping, contrasting with the dangerous position of the boat in which He was. “Securitas potestatis,” Ambrose.
σῶσον , ἀπολλύμεθα ] Asyndeton indicating urgent alarm, and this alarm with Jesus present was the ground of His rebuke.
On the situation of the lake, as rendering it liable to gusts and storms, see Robinson, Pal. III. p. 571; Ritter, Erdk. XV. p. 308.