Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 8:23

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 8:23 - 8:23

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 8:23 - 8:23

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23–27. THE STORM ON THE LAKE

Mar 4:35-41; Luk 8:22-25.

St Mark, as usual, adds some interesting details: ‘it was evening—there were other boats with Him—a great storm (λαῖλαψ) of wind—the waves beat into the boat—He was asleep on the cushion (τὸ προσκεφάλαιον) in the hinder part of the boat.’

With all these points of difference in seven short verses, how can it be said that St Mark’s Gospel is an abridgment of St Matthew’s?