Calming the Sea

“A gale swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. They went to him and woke him up, shouting, ‘Lord, Lord, we are perishing!’ And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm.”

Ivan Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817 - 1900), The Wrath of the Seas, 1886, oil on canvas.

Bible Passage: Luke 8:22-25

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