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|And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
 
|And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
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|He got up and scolded the wind, and commanded the sea, "Peace, be still." The wind then stopped, and there was complete calm.
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|He got up and disapproved of the wind, and laid down the sea to an orderly and controlled state.  The wind then stopped, and there was complete calm.
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|Perhaps: "He got up, disapproved of the wind, and directed the sea to stop moving. ..."
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|This is often mistranslated as [[Jesus]] saying a command, when the more straightforward translation is consistent with [[quantum mechanics]]: it was his observation and [[faith]], not the spoken word, that ended the [[chaos]].  φιμόω: means to be kept in check, not a spoken command. Note that the similar descriptions in Matthew and Luke do not entail a spoken command.
 
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