Lucas 8:22-23

Evidently Jesus mentioned crossing the lake to His disciples before and after He entered the boat (cf. Matthew 8:18; Mark 4:35). Jesus’ command to cross constituted a guarantee that they would arrive safely. The other side was the east side (cf. Luke 8:26). Luke introduced the fact that Jesus fell asleep before he mentioned the storm breaking, perhaps to heighten the contrast between Jesus’ peaceful condition and the storm. He stressed the severity of the storm by mentioning the wind three times (Luke 8:23-25) as well as by describing it.