“And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.”
And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. The great storm that swamps the boat while Jesus sleeps is the scenario that tests whether the disciples' following is understanding or merely proximity. Jesus asleep in the storm is not divine indifference but divine peace — the same peace that Paul describes in Philippians 4:7 as surpassing understanding. The contrast between the disciples' terror and Jesus' sleep is the contrast between faith and anxiety, between the one who trusts the Father and those who have not yet learned to trust the one who trusts the Father.
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