41And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
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And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. …
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-41)This miracle which Christ wrought for the relief of his disciples, in stilling the storm, we had before (Matt. 8:23); but it is here more fully related. Observe, 1. It was the same day that he had preached out of a ship, when the even was come , Mark 4:35. When he had been labouring in the word and doctrine all day, instead of re posing himself, he ex poseth himself, to teach us not to think of a…
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