in the midst of the sea] Many things concurring make this triall the greater. It was a great storm: it was dark, John 6:17. they had endured it till the last watch of the night: they were far from shore: the wind kept them back: he was with them, though asleep, Matthew 8:24. and might quickly be awaked to help them; but now Christ was absent, and they knew not when he would come to relieve them. tossed with waves] Gr. tormented. Reeling up and down, as a man in torment turns every way for ease. A metaphor. So Jonah 1:4. margin. The ship thought to be broken; that is, was in danger of breaking.