Matthew 8:24 - Exposition

And, behold ( Matthew 1:20 , note). Perhaps when with Jesus they hardly expected a storm. There arose a great tempest in the sea. St. Matthew records only the effect of the sudden rush ( λαῖλαψ in the parallel passages) of the wind down the gorges. Insomuch that the ship (Revised Version, boat ) was covered with the waves . The waves swept again and again clean over the boat. Slowly but surely the boat was filling(parallel passages). But he was asleep . All the time ( ἑκάθευδεν ). Yet what a contrast to Jonah ( Jonah 1:5 ).