Mark 4:40
38 But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
39 Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.
“Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”
41 Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”
- KJV
- And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
- WEB
- He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”
- ASV
- And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful? have ye not yet faith?
- DARBY
- And he said to them, Why are ye [thus] fearful? how [is it] ye have not faith?
- BLB
- And He said to them, “Why are you⁺ cowardly? Have you⁺ still no faith?”
- ÅB
- Og han sa til dem: Hvorfor er dere så redde? Hvordan kan dere være så vantro?
- OTB
- Han sa til dem, «Hvorfor er dere så redde? Har dere ennå ingen tro?»
- B1930
- Og han sa til dem: Hvorfor er I så redde? Hvorledes kan I være så vantro?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 8:25
“Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”
Read in contextMatthew 8:26
“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
Read in contextMatthew 14:31
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
Read in contextIsaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Read in contextMatthew 16:8
Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?
Read in contextMatthew 6:30
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Read in contextPsalms 46:1–3
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
Read in contextJohn 6:19–20
When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.
Read in context