Section 4:35–41

Jesus commanded a storm to stop and it obeyed him

While Jesus and his disciples were going across Lake Galilee in a boat, a strong wind began to blow. The wind caused big waves on the lake. The waves were big enough to come into the boat. The boat was about to sink, but Jesus spoke to the waves and because Jesus had the authority to command them to stop, the wind and the waves stopped.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus calmed a storm on the lake
-or-
Jesus stopped the wind and waves
-or-
A storm obeys Jesus

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 8:23–27 and Luke 8:22–25.

Paragraph 4:35–41

4:35a

When that evening came: The phrase that evening refers to the same day as the events in the previous section. The word evening refers to sundown or perhaps an hour or two before or after sundown. Your language may use a different verb than came or no verb at all. For example:

When the sun was going down
-or-
In the evening of that day
-or-
That evening (God’s Word)

4:35b

Let us cross: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as Let us cross is a command in the first person plural. Jesus was urging his disciples to cross the lake with him.

Here are some other ways to translate this:

Come, let’s go over
-or-
We should go over

cross to the other side: The Greek phrase that the Berean Standard Bible translates as cross to the other side here refers to going in a boat to the other side of Lake Galilee. In some languages it may be natural to translate this as:

cross the lake
-or-
sail across the lake

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