Jesus calms the storm (Mark 4:35-41; Matthew 8:23-27; Luke 8:22-25)

Later that day, Jesus tells his disciples that they should cross the lake by boat.  They leave the crowd behind and head across the lake.  

The text leaves out details for the reader to imagine.  In Mark 4:36, it states that there were other boats with him.  This might mean that all 12 of the main disciples could not fit in one boat, so they took several.  Alternatively, perhaps all 12 main disciples are with Jesus in the same boat, but portions of the "crowd" are coming along as well.  Further, it is possible that some of the disciples are crewing the boat because at least four of them are professional fishermen.

Jesus is in the stern and falls asleep on a cushion.  A windstorm came and violently thrashes the boat.  The disciples fear the boat will be swamped and awaken Jesus.  Up to now, these events closely parallel the story of Jonah.

According to the chronological reading, this seems to have been the evening of the same day that Jesus prophesied about the "Sign of Jonah".  The Sign of Jonah was a specific reference to the death and resurrection.  However, a crucial part of the resurrection is death - Jesus prophesied that he will die.  That evening, the disciples find themselves in a boat and like Jonah, the waves are crazy and Jesus, like Jonah, is asleep.

We do not know what the disciples were expecting Jesus to do.  They may have thought that Jesus would die by drowning after the boat gets capsized (and hence, they all would die too).  After all, Jesus prophesied his own death and associated it with Jonah.  Alternatively, the disciples may have thought that Jesus would jump into the water and then the waters would be calm, which would follow the Jonah pattern.

Instead, Jesus does something completely unexpected and certainly outside of the Jonah pattern.  Jesus rebukes the storm and the waves calm down.  Jesus then asks the disciples why they are still afraid.  The Bible is silent as to whether they responded to Jesus, but they did ask each other "who is this man -that even the wind and waves obey him?". 

This miracle stands unique among those performed by Jesus.  Prior to this, Jesus primarily healed the sick, casted out demons, and raised at least one dead person.  All of those are incredible in their own right, but this one is directed to meteorological phenomenon and the elements of nature.  

The best commentary I am aware of regarding this story explains that it is an example of Christ undoing nature in rebellion.  At the fall of Adam, the effect of sin on nature itself disrupted the order that God established.  Instead of unquestioned authority of man over nature, the sin of Adam disrupted the order and nature stood against mankind.  This resulted in such things as natural catastrophes, violence of animals to man, poor crop harvest, none of which were present in the Garden of Eden.  

Here, Christ is undoing it and reversing the effect of the fall.  This spans does not merely cover the human condition, but also covers nature itself.  Likewise, if we remember some of the Messianic prophecies, some of them refer to the peaceful nature of animals being restored (lion lying with the lamb, children playing with poisonous snakes, etc...).  These anecdotes would be alignment with this view of Jesus and the storm.