What Does Mark 6:51 Mean in the King James?
And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The storm settles before the disciples do: “amazed” pictures them displaced from their usual footing.
THE MEANING
He enters the boat with them, and the wind abates; the danger loses its grip before their astonishment does. You can feel relief arrive while you are still trying to take in what has happened.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse loosens the belief that relief must come with immediate understanding: the wind can cease while you are still astonished.
THE ROOT
ἐξίσταντο
exístanto
GROWS FROM
ἵστημι
histēmi
To stand, set, or establish; in ἐξίστημι, the standing is shifted outside.
The verb translated “were sore amazed” carries the image of being put outside your ordinary standing. The wind goes quiet, but the disciples have not yet found their footing again.
ALSO GROWS
existēmi: Displace; astonish or be beside oneself.
ἐξίστημι
This is the verb behind “they were sore amazed”: the event leaves them unsettled even after the storm abates.
ekstasis: Astonishment; a state outside ordinary composure.
ἔκστασις
This related noun keeps the same image of amazement as displacement, not just a passing surprise.
anistēmi: Rise; stand up.
ἀνίστημι
This related verb carries the same standing-root into rising, showing the basic image beneath the compound.
THE PATTERN
The storm does not hold the final authority; it can be quieted even while those caught in it are still shaken.
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.THE THREAD
And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.Mark 4:39 uses κοπάζω (kopazō, abate or cease) with ἄνεμος (anemos, wind) in the same phrase, “the wind ceased.” There, the wind stops at his command; here, it stops as he joins them, linking the quieting storm to his presence.
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