the disciples’ cry sets the stage for Jesus’ rebuke of their fear and lack of faith in 4:40. Their cry, therefore, does not come as a request but as an expression of despair and anger aimed at their “Master” (διδάσκαλε) who apparently cared little about them. Jesus’ rebuke in 4:40 now sets the tone of the disciples’ cry in 4:38. 39 Jesus responds by stilling the storm and calming the sea. Van der Loos (Miracles, 641–44) gives numerous examples from Greek and Hebrew literature for such “weather miracles.”