Mar 4:38 | RWP | e4.org | Asleep on the cushion ( επ το προσκεφαλαιον καθευδων ). Mark also mentions the cushion or bolster and the stern of the boat ( εν τη πρυμνη ). notes that Jesus was sleeping ( εκαθευδεν ), Luke that he fell asleep ( αφυπνωσεν , ingressive aorist indicative). He was worn out from the toil of this day. They awake him ( εγειρουσιν αυτον ). So Mark's graphic present. Matthew and Luke both have "awoke him." Mark has also what the others do not: "Carest thou not?" ( ου μελε σοι; ). It was a rebuke to Jesus for sleeping in such a storm. We are perishing ( απολλυμεθα , linear present middle). Precisely this same form also in and .

‏ Mark 4:38

Asleep on the cushion ( επ το προσκεφαλαιον καθευδων ). Mark also mentions the cushion or bolster and the stern of the boat ( εν τη πρυμνη ). Mt 8:24 notes that Jesus was sleeping ( εκαθευδεν ), Luke that

he fell asleep ( αφυπνωσεν, ingressive aorist indicative). He was worn out from the toil of this day.

They awake him ( εγειρουσιν αυτον ). So Mark's graphic present. Matthew and Luke both have "awoke him." Mark has also what the others do not: "Carest thou not?" ( ου μελε σοι; ). It was a rebuke to Jesus for sleeping in such a storm. We are perishing ( απολλυμεθα, linear present middle). Precisely this same form also in Mt 8:25 and Lu 8:24.