Luke 8:23

he fell asleep Rather, He fell into deep sleep. The day had been one of incessant toil; and He was resting (as St Mark tells us, reflecting the vivid reminiscence of St Peter) -in the stem on the steersman's leather cushion," Mark 4:38; contrast with this Jonah 1:5.

there came down a storm of wind The suddenness and violence of this -hurricane" is in exact accordance with what we know of the Lake. The winds from the snowy peaks of Hermon rush down the Peraean wadies into the burning tropical air of the lake-basin with extraordinary suddenness and impetuosity (Thomson, Land and Book, II. 25). The lake may look like a sheet of silver, when in one moment there will be a darkening ripple, and in the next it will be lashed into storm and foam. The outburst of this storm perhaps frightened back the boats which started with Him, Mark 4:36.

were filled with water Rather, were being filled. -The waves were dashing into the boat, so that it was getting full," Mark 4:37; -the boat was being hidden under the waves," Matthew 8:24. The tossing ship (Navicella)has been accepted in all ages as the type of the Church in seasons of peril.