And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
And when they were come into the ship the wind ceased – Here was a new proof of the power of Jesus. He that has power over winds and waves has all power. John adds Joh 6:21 that the ship was immediately at the land whither they went; another proof, amid this collection of wonders, that the Son of God was with them. They came, therefore, and worshipped him, acknowledging him to be the Son of God. That is, they gave him homage, or honored him as the Son of God.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 32. The wind ceased.] Jesus is the Prince of peace, and all is peace and calm where he condescends to enter and abide.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
They, that is, Christ and Peter, whom we must suppose to have walked some way with Christ upon the sea. Christ by his company making his mighty power more conspicuous; so as the Manichees had no reason to conclude, from Christs walking on the sea, that he had no true human body, for sure Peter had; and they must ascribe little to our Saviours Divine nature, that will not allow him to have had a power to suspend the natural motion downward, which we see in all gravity, which is an affection of all human bodies. No sooner was Christ come into the ship, but the wind ceased, in testimony of its homage to him, who bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
They that were in the ship came and worshipped him, paying a religious homage unto him, as he who had preserved their lives from so great a danger; and they further owned him to be
the Son of God. This was that great point which God was bringing the world to the acknowledgment of, and we see it was done by degrees. His miracles at first only procured a veneration of him, and a faith that he had his power from God. Then he comes to be acknowledged the Son of David by the blind man. The miracle of the five loaves brought many to acknowledge him that Prophet that should come into the world. This is the first time we meet with so plain and open an acknowledgment of his being the Son of God: this was done not only by his disciples, but by the mariners, and the passengers in the ship, but it was far from a steady faith as to that point, which the disciples yet wanted.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
32. And when they had come into theboat, the wind ceased(Also see on Mr6:50.)
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And when they were come into the ship,…. Christ and Peter. The Arabic and Persic versions, and Munster’s Hebrew Gospel read, “when he ascended”, or “was come into the ship”; but there is no doubt but Peter went with him into it, though the following effect is only to be ascribed to Christ’s coming into the ship, and not to Peter’s:
the wind ceased: from blowing with that fury and violence it did before, and there was a perfect calm; which gave equal proof of the divine power of Christ, as his walking upon the sea: he walked upon the sea whilst the wind was blowing hard, and the waves were tumultuous; he comes into the ship, and all is calm; both winds and sea obey him, who is Lord of both.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Ceased (). From , toil. The wind grew weary or tired, exhausted itself in the presence of its Master (cf. Mr 4:39). Not a mere coincidence that the wind ceased now.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Ceased [] . A beautiful word. Lit., grew weary; sank away like one who is weary.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “And when they were come into the ship,” (kai embanton auton eis to ploion) “And as they ascended (both Jesus and Peter went up) into the ship,” where the other disciples were, Mat 14:26-27. The Gk. term (anabanton) means to go up from a lower to a higher level, indicating that Peter and Jesus climbed up, or ascended from the level of the waters, up into the ship.
2) “The wind ceased.” (ekopasen ho anemos) “The wind ceased,” became calm, quieted down, as if it had become weary, as also expressed, Mr 6:51.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(32) The wind ceased.St. Mark adds that they were above measure astonished at the sudden lull. For the most part these mountain squalls died away gradually, and left the waves rough. Here the wind ceased in a moment, and ceased as their Lord entered the boat. And he gives a significant reason for their astonishment, For they reflected not on the loaves, for their heart was hardened. This was the later analysis which the disciples made of their feelings on that night. Had they understood all the divine creative energy which the miracle of the loaves involved, nothing afterwards, not even the walking on the waves, or the lulling of the storm, would have seemed startling to them.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
32. Were come into the ship John says they willingly received him into the ship; for previously, supposing him to be a spirit, they dreaded his approach. But lo! it was their Lord, and gladly did they welcome him. The wind ceased The storm then was permitted that is, it was not prevented by Jesus. The elements were left by him to blow with all their natural power until he entered the boat. Such is an image of the trials which nature in this scene of probation forces upon us, and which God does not prevent until their work in our trial is done. The instant cessation of the wind was an additional miracle, and probably impressed the disciples scarce less than the walking upon the sea.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased.”
Then together they went up to the boat and clambered in, at which point ‘the wind ceased’. Once Jesus was with them in the boat all the problems of the disciples ceased.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
The effect of the miracle:
v. 32. And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
v. 33. Then they that were in the ship came and worshiped Him, saying, Of a truth Thou art the Son of God. Christ is the supreme, the absolute Lord of the elements. In this case the wind ceased as soon as they had stepped into the boat, not by gradually abating, but by a sudden calm. No wonder that all that were in the boat, not only the disciples, but all the passengers, worshiped Him, freely giving Him the glory and honor as the Son of God. Thus was their faith gradually becoming stronger, thus were they growing in the knowledge of their Lord. And thus will all those grow that are in daily, intimate contact and conversation with Him in His Word, Psa 107:29-30.
Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
Ver. 32. The wind ceased ] As if it had been weary of blowing so big, and now desired rest after hard labour; as the word here used importeth. Herodotus useth the same word in the same sense, where he speaks of a tempest layed by the magicians. a Rupertus calleth the winds the world’s besoms, which are used by God to sweep his great house and purge the air. b If the prince of the air make use of them to sweep God’s children, as he did Job’s children, out of the world, it cannot be said, as 1Ki 19:11 , that God is not in that wind; for he numbereth their hairs, and counts their flittings; and being the great Aeolus, lays laws upon the winds and waves, which instantly obey him. No sooner was Christ in the ship but they were all at land.
a . Pacatus fuit, quasi vir stando delassatus. Herod. in Polymnia.
b Scopus mundi. Rupert. Virgil, Aeneid, i. 65.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
32. ] John ( Joh 6:21 ) adds : see note there.
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Mat 14:32 . : Jesus and Peter. : used in narrative of first sea-anecdote by Mar 4:39 = exhausted itself (from ).
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
32.] John (Joh 6:21) adds :-see note there.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
come: Psa 107:29, Psa 107:30, Mar 4:41, Mar 6:51, Joh 6:21
Reciprocal: Psa 89:9 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:32
Whether it was the mere presence of Jesus in the ship that quieted the storm we are not told, or that he commanded it to be so as he did in the case referred to above. What we know is that when he entered the vessel the wind ceased.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 14:32. And when they were gone up into the boat. John (Joh 6:21) speaks of the boat being immediately at the land whither they went This was on the western side of the lake, and we may either suppose that the wind during the night had driven them near that shore, or accept another miracle.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Mat 14:32-33. When they were come into the ship, the wind ceased And that so suddenly that all in the ship were sensible it was the effect of Christs presence and power. He seems, also, according to Joh 6:21, to have wrought another miracle at the same instant, for immediately on his entering the ship, it was at the land! These many wonderful miracles, succeeding each other so rapidly, greatly affected the minds of the disciples. They were sore amazed, says Mark, in themselves, beyond measure, and wondered, namely, at the astonishing power of their Master. For they considered not the miracle of the loaves, though so lately performed, and so wonderful, and though they had the sensible proof of it before their eyes in the baskets of fragments which they had taken with them into the ship; and perhaps had been talking of it before the storm came on; for their heart was hardened, and they were so stupified with their fear, that they did not reflect on that miracle. We need not, therefore, be surprised that they did not call to mind a similar exertion of his power, which they had beheld while they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes. Then they that were in the ship Not only the disciples, but all others that were therein, came and worshipped him Fell down at his feet in a rapture of wonder, devotion, and reverence, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God That is, the Messiah, and a divine person, possessed of an unlimited power over the whole creation. Though on many occasions formerly, Jesus had given equal, if not greater evidences of his power, the disciples did not, till now, make open confession of his dignity. It seems, when his miracles came to be thus multiplied, out especially when they followed upon one another so closely, the apostles were more deeply affected with them than by seeing him perform any single miracle.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The stilling of the wind is not the climax of the story. The disciples’ worship of Jesus is. This is the first time they addressed Jesus with His full title (Mat 16:16; Mat 26:63; Mat 27:40; Mat 27:43; Mat 27:54; cf. Mat 3:17; Mat 4:3; Mat 4:6). This was a new high for the disciples in their appreciation of Jesus’ person.
"Retrospectively, the disciples, in making this confession, are giving answer to the earlier question they had raised in an equally perilous situation at sea: ’What sort of man is this, that even wind and sea obey him?’ (Mat 8:27)." [Note: Kingsbury, Matthew as . . ., p. 74.]
In view of their later lapses, the disciples evidently understood this title in the Messianic sense, but their understanding was still not very mature (cf. Mar 6:52). Perhaps, too, their confession here arose from the drama of the moment, whereas later they may have forgotten what they had spoken so truly about Jesus.
"Several important lessons can be learned from this account. (a) Courage comes from knowing that Jesus is present. (b) The answer to fear is faith, and faith is best placed in the One who is identified as the ’I Am.’ (c) Doubt is an evidence of a divided mind. (d) Confessing Jesus’ divine sonship is evidence of faith." [Note: Bailey, in The New . . ., p. 31.]