Luke 8:23
But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
Cross-reference
Psalm 93:4 declares the Lord mightier than the sea's waves — a power Jesus visibly demonstrates by calming the storm.
Psalm 107:23-30 prefigures this scene: sailors cry to God in a storm, and He calms the waves — exactly what Jesus does.
Psalm 148:8 says stormy wind fulfills God's word — just as the wind obeys Jesus' command and becomes calm.
Psalm 107:23-30 prefigures this scene: sailors cry to God in a storm, and He calms the waves — exactly what Jesus does.
Matthew 8:24 is the synoptic parallel — same storm scene where Jesus sleeps as the boat is swamped by waves.
Mark 4:37 is the synoptic parallel — same detail of waves beating into the boat until it fills.
Psalm 44:23 cries 'Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?' — the same plea the disciples make to Jesus when he sleeps through the storm.
Isaiah 51:9 calls 'Awake, awake, arm of the Lord' — echoing the disciples' desperate call for the sleeping Jesus to wake and save.
Isaiah 51:10 recalls God drying the sea — the same divine authority over waters that Jesus displays by calming the storm.
Acts 27:14-20 presents a storm without instant rescue, contrasting the disciples' immediate calm when Jesus is with them.
Hebrews 4:15 affirms Jesus' full humanity, seen in his sleeping during the storm — he experienced human weakness like us.