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  • JC Potgieter

2022-09-28
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  1. Mark 4:38 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the stern of a boat?

Mark 4:38 (ESV)

38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”

The stern of a boat refers to a raised section at the back of the boat.

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