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Pentecost Season · 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
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 4:35-41Mk 4:35-41
Epistle2 Cor. 6:1-132 Cor 6:1-13
Old Testament1 Sam. 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-491 Sm 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 or1 Sam. 17:57-18:5, 18:10-161 Sm 17:57-18:5, 18:10-16Alt. OTJob 38:1-11Jb 38:1-11
PsalterPs. 9:9-20Ps 9:9-20 orPs. 133Ps 133Alt. PsalmPs. 107:1-3, 23-32Ps 107:1-3, 23-32

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's Year B commentary on the stilling of the storm.

Mark 4 (Guzik)Mk 4 (Guzik) Enduring Word · David Guzik

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

Mark 4 CommentaryMk 4 Commentary Precept Austin

Wide collection of quotations, word studies, and sermon notes on Mark 4.

Mark 4:35 Parallel CommentariesMk 4:35 Parallel Commentaries BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries gathered verse by verse from Mark 4:35.

Barnes' Notes on Mark 4Barnes' Notes on Mk 4 StudyLight

Albert Barnes' Notes on the whole chapter of Mark 4.

Background & Word Study

Gospel of Mark OverviewGospel of Mk Overview BibleProject

Animated overview video tracing the literary design of Mark's Gospel.

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

Greek text of Mark 4:35 with parsing and Strong's numbers.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Mark 4Catena on Mk 4 Catena

Patristic and medieval comments compiled verse by verse for Mark 4.

Sermons & Reflections

Don't You Care? Journey with Jesus

Debie Thomas essay on the storm and the disciples' cry, Don't you care?

Worship & Prayers

Worship Planning Helps UMC Discipleship

United Methodist worship and preaching planning helps for the season after Pentecost.

Podcast

Sermon Brainwave #789 (Ord. 12B) Working Preacher

Podcast discussing all of this Sunday's readings together.

Art & Music

Revised Common Lectionary Art Vanderbilt

Lectionary art index with images keyed to the day's readings.

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