Jesus Calms the Storm
- stpeterstoronto
- Sep 6
- 4 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
Did you know...
that Jesus is with us when we feel afraid?
This story is about understanding that Jesus will take care of us.
One day, after a long day of preaching to people, Jesus decided He wanted to go across the Sea of Galilee to the other side. Leaving the crowd, Jesus and His disciples got into a boat.
Note: You should be aware that even though it's called a "Sea", this was Israel's largest freshwater lake. When people tell this story, they sometimes use the word sea or the word lake. When you tell this story you can explain that Jesus was crossing a lake, called the Sea of Galilee.
Teispool Keneetsareti järve asetses Kergeesia linn. Seal ei olnud veel Jeesus rahvale kuulutanud oma taevast Isa. Ühel õhtul ütles ta oma jüngreile: "Lähme teispoole järve!" Nad istusid laeva ning sõitsid järvele.
Jeesus oli väsinud päevasest tööst. Ta asetas laevapäras pea padjale ja uinus varsti. Oli imeilus õhtu. Korraga muutus ilm kurjaks. Mustad pilved kerkisid taevaservale ja katsid päikese. Kõva tuul käis üle järve. Järvel tõusid suured ja kõrge lained. Juba hakkas vett laeva jooksma. Jüngrite jõud oli lõppemas tuulele vastu pannes. Ilm aga läks ikka halvemaks. Säärast hirmsat tormi ei olnud jüngrid millalgi näinud. Surm seisis neil silmade ees.
Jesus and the disciples set sail.
As they sailed across the water, Jesus lay down for a nap and fell asleep.
When they had sailed to the middle of the lake, a huge storm with lots of wind arose.
The waves grew bigger and bigger and the boat rocked up and down, back and forth.
Soon the boat was filled with water and everyone onboard was afraid it would sink.
Now the disciples had been through many storms before, but this one was very powerful. They were afraid and woke Jesus up and said, “Master, Master, we are going to drown.”
Mis aga tegi Jeesus? Rahulikult puhkas ta laevas. Võitluses tormiga olid jüngrid ta hoopis unusatanud. Nüüd surmahädas tuli Jeesus jüngreile meelde. Kuidas võis ta magada seesuguses vihases tormis! Jüngrid ruttasid Jeesus juurde ja äratasid ta unest.
"Õpetaja, kas sina sellest ei hooli, et me hukkume?" ütlesid nad. Jeesus tõusis. Kartuseta vaatas ta mässavale järvele. Ta kõrval seisid kahvatud jüngrid. Jeesus pöördus nende poole ja ütles neile: "Mispärast olete teie arad, teie nõdrausulised? Mispärast kardate teie?"
Jesus arose from His sleep and told the wind and the raging water to stop. As the disciples watched in amazement, the wind stopped howling, the waves stopped crashing, and everything became calm.
Jesus said to the disciples, “Do you still have no faith? Why are you so afraid? Didn't you believe that I would take care of you?”
The disciples were frightened, but they were also amazed. They were surprised that Jesus was able to tell the wind and the water what to do.
They wondered about Jesus and said, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the waves obey Him!"
Siis tõstis ta käe, ähvardas tuult ja tormi ning ütles müriseva häälega: "Ole vait ja vaga!"
Sündis ime. Torm ja järv kuulsid ta sõna. Torm andis järele ja lained jäid vaiksemaks. Viimaks kadusid nad täiesti.
Vaikselt seisid jüngrid ning imetlesid Jeesust. Palju imesid olid nad sel päevale näinud. Tormi vaigistamine aga oli nende meelest kõige imelikum Tasa ütlesid nad üksteisele: "Kes siis on seesinane, et ka tuul ja järv ta sõna kuulevad?" Ja neil oli häbi oma kartusest.
Images are the copyright Sweet Publishing (Jesus Calms a Storm) for teaching purposes only, all rights reserved, and are used according to their terms of use - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. Distributed under a license with FreeBibleimages.
Sea of Galilee images: By Beivushtang at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Panoramic view of the Sea of Galilee; By Davidbena - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, The Sea of Galilee as seen from Gamla in the Golan Heights.
Do you want to see what the Sea of Galilee looks like today? Here is a view from Golan Heights, looking out from a place called Gamla. Below is a panoramic view of the Sea.
Did you know, that the lake has other names as well? It's also called Lake Tiberias, Kinneret, or Kinnereth. Where does the water come from? It comes from underground springs, but mainly from the Jordan River which flows through the lake.
Learning Activity Extensions
Read the story in the Bible: Luke 8:22-24; Mark 4:35-41.
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