When that evening came,
He said to His disciples,
“Let us cross
to the other side.”
After they had dismissed the crowd,
they took Jesus with them,
since He was already
in the boat.
And there were
other boats
with Him.
Soon
a violent windstorm
came up,
and the waves
were breaking
over the boat,
so that it was being
swamped.
But Jesus was
in the stern,
sleeping on the cushion.
So they woke Him and said,
“Teacher,
don’t You care
that we are perishing?”
Then Jesus got up
and rebuked
the wind and the sea.
“Silence!”
He commanded.
“Be still!”
And the wind
died down,
and it was
perfectly calm.
“Why are you
so afraid?”
He asked.
“Do you still have
no faith?”
Overwhelmed with fear,
they asked one another,
“Who is this,
that even the wind and the sea
obey Him?”