Jonah 1:14
Therefore they cried out to Yahweh and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, do not let us perish on account of this man's life, and do not lay upon us the guilt of his death, because you, Yahweh, have done just as it pleased you.”
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15So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed, 1 for it was in the image of God that he made man.
Psalms 107:28Then they called out to Yahweh in their trouble, 1 and he brought them out of their distress. 1
Psalms 135:6Whatever Yahweh desires, he does 1 in heaven, on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths. 1
Daniel 4:34At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was given back to me. 1 “I praised the Most High, 1 and I honored and glorified the one who lives forever. 1 For his reign is an everlasting reign, 1 and his kingdom endures from all generations to all generations. 1
Jonah 1:16Then the men feared Yahweh very much. They offered sacrifices to Yahweh and made vows.
Acts 28:4When the native people saw the animal hanging from his hand, they said one to another, “This man certainly is a murderer who escaped from the sea, yet justice does not permit him to live.”
Matthew Henry on Jonah 1:12-17
The Prophet Confesses His Folly; The Prophet Reads His Own Doom; The Prophet Cast into the Sea; Jonah's Preservation in the Fish's Belly. ( b. c. 840.) 11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they… Read the whole commentary →