Form and Literary Setting The form of teaching in this narrative story told by Mark is represented by the miracle of the calming of the storm and the questioning of the faith of the disciples. The sea in which the disciples cross over is the Sea of Galilee. The Sea of Galilee lies nearly seven hundred feet below sea level in a basin surrounded by hills and mountains. Thirty miles to the northeast Mt. Hermon rises to 9,200 feet above sea level. The interchange between cold upper air from Mt. Hermon and warm air rising from the Sea of Galilee produces tempestuous weather conditions for which the lake is famed. The “furious …show more content…
He then proceeds with an account of the miracles (chapters 8, 9). He first of all narrates miracles that followed on the day of the sermon (8:1-17); he then turns to the evening of which Mark writes and relates that a crowd had again gathered at the home of Jesus, and that this induced Jesus to decide to leave. Matthew then reports the storm and the miracles that followed on the next day and completes his preliminary survey of the miracles in chapters 8, 9 to match his account of the teaching recorded in chapters 5-7 (Lenski