“And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.”
Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed — the wind's death at Jesus' entry into the boat mirrors the storm stilling of chapter 4, but the response is different: not who is this that even the wind and sea obey him (4:41) but completely amazed. The amazement is the appropriate response, but Mark will immediately note in verse 52 that it was inadequate — the amazement that the wind died down does not yet produce the understanding that the one who died the wind also fed the five thousand.
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