Kata Markon

[Hudson Barton <hhbv AT highwinds.com>]

> Mark's story of Jesus taming the furious squall at sea (Mark 4:35-39) seems
> to have been taken from Jonah, Isaiah, Psalm, and Proverbs.  This is
> described in the article, "Jesus Stills the Storm" at
>
> http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/Jesus_Stills_Storm.htm
>
> There is one element in Mark's story I can't account for; perhaps list
> members might be able to help.  Why does Mark tell us that "other boats are
> with him" (Mark 4:36)?


It's the kind of detail that we would expect in an eye-witness 
account that would probably be absent in a more prescribed religious 
rendering where such a detail would be seen to be of no consequence 
and not worth a mention.  It tends to authenticate the story itself. 
Just a thought.


H.