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Time after Pentecost · Proper 7 · Year B

Mark 4:35-41

Jesus Calms the Storm

June 20, 2027

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Rembrandt van Rijn
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633Formerly Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Rembrandt's only seascape, stolen from the Gardner Museum in 1990 and never recovered. Fourteen men are in the boat, one too many; the extra face, holding a rope and looking out, is Rembrandt.Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing? The painting is still missing, which gives looking at it a second kind of loss.Rembrandt van RijnRembrandt (1606-1669) painted scripture as if it had happened in a room he had been in, and returned to the same stories across forty years, changing his mind about them in public.Formerly Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, BostonA Venetian-style palazzo in Boston, whose empty frames still hang where thieves cut the paintings out in 1990.Formerly Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 4:35-41Mk 4:35-41
Epistle2 Cor. 6:1-132 Cor 6:1-13
Old TestamentJob 38:1-11Jb 38:1-11
PsalterPs. 124Ps 124

Overview & Insights

"Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" (Mark 4:41)

During a violent squall on the Sea of Galilee, the terrified disciples wake the sleeping Jesus, who rebukes the wind and waves into stillness. The scene confronts the disciples with the question of Jesus' true identity and authority.

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Commentary

Commentary on Mark 4:35-41Commentary on Mk 4:35-41 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary exegesis of the stilling of the storm and Jesus' authority over chaos.

Mark 4:35-41 CommentaryMk 4:35-41 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed, sermon shaped reading of Jesus' lordship over the sea and the disciples' fear.

Mark 4: Jesus Calms the StormMk 4: Jesus Calms the Storm Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the whole chapter.

Mark 4 CommentaryMk 4 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of quotations, word studies, and cross references worked verse by verse.

Mark 4:35 CommentariesMk 4:35 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries such as Barnes, Gill, and Ellicott on the passage in one place.

Mark 4, Expository NotesMk 4, Expository Notes StudyLight

Thomas Constable's expository notes on the calming of the storm and the disciples' question.

Background & Word Study

Book of Mark OverviewBook of Mk Overview BibleProject

An animated walk through Mark's structure and themes to place the miracle at sea.

Mark 4:35 Greek InterlinearMk 4:35 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Greek word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for close study of the passage.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Mark 4Catena on Mk 4 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on the calming of the wind and the sea.

Podcast

#970: Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Ord. 12B) – June 23, 2024 Working Preacher (Sermon Brainwave)

Luther Seminary’s homiletics roundtable on this Sunday’s appointed texts, including Mark 4:35-41.

Art & Music

Art in the Christian Tradition Vanderbilt

A curated image index for the readings of the day across the history of Christian art.

Study Hub

The Text This Week: Proper 7 B Textweek

A curated index of commentaries, art, and sermons for the day's readings across traditions (a few links may be dated).

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