9 Bible Verses about Christ's Authority Over Nature
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Then he went in board a fishing-boat, his disciples accompanying him; and behold, a sudden storm arose on the sea, so that the boat began to be buried by the waves. But he was asleep. And they came and woke him, saying. "Lord save us! We are drowning!"read more.
"Why are you afraid?" he said, "you men of little faith!" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm. But the men were amazed, saying, "What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"
So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them just as he was in the boat; and the other boats were with him. But a great gale of wind came up, and the waves were dashing into the boat so that it began to fill. Now he himself was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up, saying, "Master, do you not care if we perish?"read more.
And he awoke, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" The wind fell, and there ensued a great calm. Then he said to them. "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?" Then they were awestruck, and said one to another, "Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey him!"
Now it happened that one of these days he got into a boat, And him his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So they set sail. While they were sailing he fell asleep. And there fell on the lake a squall of wind, so that the boat began to fill, and they to be in deadly peril. Then they came to him and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are lost!" Then he awoke, and rebuked the winds and the raging of the sea. They ceased, and there was a calm.read more.
"Where is your faith?" he asked them, In their terror they were filled with amazement, and said to one another, "Who is this who commands even the winds and the sea, and they obey him?"
Then he made his disciples get aboard the boat and precede him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds. After he had sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain alone, to pray. When night came he was there alone. But the boat was already a long way from shore, buffeted by the waves, for the wind was contrary.read more.
And in the fourth watch of the night he came toward them, walking upon the sea, but when the disciples saw him walking upon the sea, they were terrified. "It is a phantom," they said, and cried out for fear. But at once Jesus spoke to them, "Courage," he said, "it is I. Fear not." Peter answered, "Master, if it is you, bid me come to you upon the water." "Come," said Jesus. Then Peter got down from the boat and walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and as he began to sink, he cried out, "Master, save me!" At once Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, saying to him. "O little faith! What made you doubt?" Then as they climbed into the boat the wind grew weary, and the men in the boat fell upon their knees before him, saying, "You are, indeed, the Son of God."
Then he at once compelled the disciples to embark in the boat and go before him to Bethsaida on the other side, while he sent the people away. After he had taken leave of them, he went away into the mountain to pray. And when evening came, the boat was half-way across the sea, while he was on shore alone;read more.
but when he saw them distressed in rowing (for the wind was against them), about the fourth watch of the night he went to them, walking upon the sea, they thought it was an apparition and shrieked aloud, for they all saw him and were terrified. But he at once spoke with them, saying. "Courage! It is I. Do not be afraid!" Then he got into the boat beside them, and the wind ceased, and they were utterly astounded,
When Jesus perceived that they intended to seize him in order to make him a king, he retired again to the hill all by himself. When evening came on, his disciples went down to the sea. There they got in a boat, and started across the sea for Capernaum. The darkness had already fallen,read more.
Jesus had not yet come to them, and the sea began to rise, because a strong wind was blowing. After they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing near to the boat, and they were terrified; but he said to them, "It is I, be not afraid." Then they were willing to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the shore they were making for.
At dawn, when he was on his way back into the city, he was hungry; and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away. When his disciples saw this, they were astonished. "How instantaneously," they said, "the fig tree withered!"read more.
In reply Jesus said to them, "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Up, cast yourself into the sea!' it shall be done; "and everything that you ask for in your prayers you shall have, if you believe."
The next day after leaving Bethany he was hungry, and seeing a fig tree in the distance full of leaves, he came to see if he could find anything on it, and found on it nothing but leaves (for it was not the time of figs). So, addressing the tree, he said, "Let no man ever more eat fruit from you." And the disciples heard it.
and as they (he and his disciples) were passing along in the morning, they saw the fig tree already withered from the root. Then Peter remembered, and exclaimed, "Look, Rabbi, the fig tree which you cursed is withered up." "Take hold on God's faithfulness," said Jesus to them in reply.read more.
"In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Up and hurl yourself into the sea!' and shall not doubt in his heart, but on the contrary shall believe that what he says will happen, it will be granted him. That is why I am telling you that whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it shall be yours.
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