Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageJesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke Him and said, "Teacher, don't You care if we drown?"
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GBut He was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. They roused Him and said to Him, "Rabbi, do You not care that we are perishing?"
KJV
King James VersionAnd 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?
BSB
Berean Standard BibleBut Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
Footnotes
Two details carry significant weight. "ἐπὶ τὸ προσκεφάλαιον" — asleep "on the cushion" — is likely the helmsman's leather seat-pad, a vivid eyewitness detail unique to Mark that grounds the scene in physical memory. This posture deliberately echoes Jonah 1:5, where the prophet fell into a deep sleep during a violent storm while the sailors panicked — another man of God at rest in the hull while chaos raged above. Second, the disciples address Yeshua as "Διδάσκαλε" (Teacher), not "Κύριε" (Lord) — their terror has not yet drawn out full theological confession. The F.O.G uses "Rabbi" as the culturally equivalent Jewish address; the F.O.G Message uses "Teacher."
