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Mark 4:38

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

KJV

καὶ ἦν αὐτὸς ἐν τῇ πρύμνῃ ἐπὶ τὸ προσκεφάλαιον καθεύδων· καὶ ἐγείρουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· διδάσκαλε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἀπολλύμεθα;

Greek NT

Et erat ipse in puppi super cervical dormiens : et excitant eum, et dicunt illi : Magister, non ad te pertinet, quia perimus ?

Vulgate

And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion: and they awake him, and say unto him, Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?

ASV

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, sleeping upon a pillow; and they awake him, and say to him: Master, doth, it not concern thee that we perish?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διδάσκαλος
didaskalos
noun · 60×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθεύδω
katheudo
verb · 22×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέλω
melo
verb · 10×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προσκεφάλαιον
proskephalaion
noun · 1×
πρύμνα
prumna
noun · 3×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: αὐτὸς ἦν | WH/NIV: αὐτὸς ἦν | Treg/RP: ἦν αὐτὸς
  • αὐτὸς ἦνSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸς ἦνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἦν αὐτὸςTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐν | RP: ἐπὶ
  • ἐνSBLGNT
  • ἐνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐπὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐγείρουσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐγείρουσιν | RP: διεγείρουσιν
  • ἐγείρουσινSBLGNT
  • ἐγείρουσινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διεγείρουσινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210224.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 18:27 — And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awa
  • 1Pet 5:7 — Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
  • 1Pet 5:7 — Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
  • Heb 4:15 — For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
  • Isa 40:27 — Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
  • Isa 49:14 — But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
  • Isa 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
  • Isa 54:6 — For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
  • Isa 64:12 — Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
  • Job 8:5 — If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
  • Luke 8:24 — And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
  • Matt 8:25 — And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
  • Matt 8:25 — And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
  • Ps 77:7 — Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?