Jesus’ calming the storm by rebuking the powers of nature (vv. 35-41) demonstrates His divinity and authority.
We learn from St. Mark that, in the words of the St. Athanasius the Great, “The Lord Who rebuked (the storm) was not a creature, but rather its Creator.”
St. Basil the Great further teaches us that “by these encounters we are meeting the Father of the Son, the Father Who creates through the Son.
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