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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 4:38

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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4:38 Jesus was probably asleep under the stern, using a bag of ballast sand as a pillow. In 1986, a boat dating from Jesus’ time was discovered in the mud near the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is 26½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet deep, with an elevated stern. It could hold up to fifteen people.
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