Psalms 107:29-30

107:29 He calmed the storm, ¹ 

and the waves ²  grew silent.

107:30 The sailors ³  rejoiced because the waves ⁴  grew quiet,

and he led them to the harbor ⁵  they desired.

Mark 4:41

4:41 They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another, “Who then is this? ⁶  Even the wind and sea obey him!” ⁷ 

Mark 6:51

6:51 Then he went up with them into the boat, and the wind ceased. They were completely astonished,

John 6:21

6:21 Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.

[107:29]  ¹ tn Heb “he raised [the] storm to calm.”

[107:29]  ² tn Heb “their waves.” The antecedent of the third masculine plural pronominal suffix is not readily apparent, unless it refers back to “waters” in v. 23.

[107:30]  ³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the sailors) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[107:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the waves) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[107:30]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew noun occurs only here in the OT.

[4:41]  ⁶ sn Jesus’ authority over creation raised a question for the disciples about who he was exactly (Who then is this?). This verse shows that the disciples followed Jesus even though they did not know all about him yet.

[4:41]  ⁷ sn This section in Mark (4:35-5:43) contains four miracles: (1) the calming of the storm; (2) the exorcism of the demon-possessed man; (3) the giving of life to Jairus’ daughter; (4) the healing of the woman hemorrhaging for twelve years. All these miracles demonstrate Jesus’ right to proclaim the kingdom message and his sovereign authority over forces, directly or indirectly, hostile to the kingdom. The last three may have been brought together to show that Jesus had power over all defilement, since contact with graves, blood, or a corpse was regarded under Jewish law as causing a state of ritual uncleanness.