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Mark 4:40

• Faith they had, for they applied to Christ for relief: but little, for they were afraid, though Christ was in the ship.  Faith dispels fear, but only in proportion to its strength.

- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary, Mark 4:40
Not that the disciples were without faith. No, they believed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; but at this time their fears prevailed so that they seemed to have no faith at all. It was out of the way, when they had occasion for it, and so it was as if they had not had it. "How is it, that in this matter ye have no faith, that ye think I would not come in with seasonable and effectual relief?’’ Those may suspect their faith, who can entertain such a thought as that Christ careth not though his people perish, and Christ justly takes it ill.
- Matthew Henry, Commentary, Vol. 5, p. 475
• The greater danger was the unbelief of the disciples; that, as much as the storm, needed to be addressed by Jesus.

- Guzik, David, Study Guide

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