Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 4:37

"And there ariseth a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, insomuch that the boat was now filling." — Mark 4:37 (ASV)

And the wave beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

No doubt they baled out the boat with all their might, and did their best to prevent it from sinking, yet it was now full of water.

But where was their Lord and Master, and what was he doing while the storm was raging?

And there arose a great storm of wind.

Our friend, John Macgregor, "Rob Roy," tells us that the lake is subject to very sudden and severe storms. It lies in a deep hollow, and down from the surrounding ravines and valleys, the air comes with a tremendous rush seldom experienced even on a real sea. For this was, of course, only a lake, though sometimes called a sea.

I have been told that, on some Scottish lochs, the wind will occasionally come from three or four quarters at once, lifting the boat bodily out of the water, and sometimes seeming to lift the water up towards heaven, with the boat and all in it. So it was that night, when there arose a great storm of wind,.