18And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
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For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-21)Here is, I. Christ’s retirement from the multitude. 1. Observe what induced him to retire; because he perceived that those who acknowledged him to be that prophet that should come into the world would come, and take him by force, to make him a king , John 6:15. Now here we have an instance, (1.) Of the irregular zeal of some of Christ’s followers; nothing would serve but they would make him a king…
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