“And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.”
The disciples went and woke him, saying, master, master, we're going to drown! He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging water; the storm subsided, and all was calm — master, master (epistata, epistata) is Luke's distinctive address — not Rabbi (Mark) but Master (the one in charge). He rebuked the wind and the raging water: the same rebuke-language as the exorcisms — Jesus addresses the storm as a personal force. All was calm: the instant, complete calm communicates divine authority over the created order.
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