When I read these chapters, I was mostly thinking from the disciples' point of view.
Chapter 3 started in the temple on the Sabbath, where a man with a shriveled hand was there. The leaders watched him closely, to see if Jesus would heal on the Sabbath. But Jesus said, "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" and he healed the man. That's when the Pharisees started plotting.
After that, the healing began if full swing. Everyone wanted to touch him and be healed. And get this in verse 11: Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." He always rebuked them and told them not to tell who he was, but did you notice the part I noticed? It said they all bowed down. Even though they are evil, they know who's in charge. Satan knows it and he bows down. And guess what? Jesus is still in charge of all of them.
By the time Jesus calmed a storm, all these things that had been happening caused the disciples to say, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"
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