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- January 28, 2011, 02:54:17 AMperish" (RSV), "Master You are not allowed to view links.
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Register or Login, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" (NIV).The cry expresses fear You are not allowed to view links.
Register or Login, panic and indignation and the disciples seem to hold Jesus responsible. The storm did not disturb Jesus but it obviously did the disciples. Death appears imminent to the "chosen ones" and they resent Jesus for having the temerity to sleep during the crisis. It is at that moment that the disciples' humanity prevailed over their faith and they were overtaken with fear.Mark and Luke records Jesus' reproach of the disciples following the stilling of the storm. In Matthew, the opposite is true. Opinions seem divided as to the exact order. Paul Ryan in "Gospels of the Sundays" made this observation."St. John Chrysostom, preferring the order given by St. Matthew, speaks thus: 'Before Christ would still the tempest of waters, He, by this rebuke, first calmed the souls of His disciples. He did so that they might be in a better condition to witness the miraculous exercise of His divine power, and to learn the lesson which the miracle was intended to convey.'"Jesus rebuked the wind and the waves and all became immediately quiet. It is Mark alone who gives the actual words Jyilai：
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