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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:13

The men rowed hard - Were very unwilling to proceed to this extremity, and thought they would risk every thing rather than cast this disobedient prophet into the great deep. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:14

They cried unto the Lord - Under a conviction that he was the self-existing Being, the Maker of the heavens and the earth, and the author of the present storm, they put up their prayers to him. Let us not perish for this man's life - They were now about to cast him overboard; but seemed to call God to witness that it was with the utmost reluctance, and only in obedience to his command. There is a parallel passage in the Argonautics, which has been quoted to illustrate this: - Πολλα δε... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:16

Offered a sacrifice - The first perhaps ever offered on board a vessel since the ark floated on the waters of the great deluge; and it is most probable that these heathens, witnessing what was done, became sincere converts to the true God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord had prepared a great fish - גדול דג dag gadol . This could not have been a whale, for the throat of that animal can scarcely admit a man's leg; but it might have been a shark, which abounds in the Mediterranean, and whose mouth and stomach are exceedingly capacious. In several cases they have been known to swallow a man when thrown overboard. See the note on Matthew 12:40 ; (note), where the whole subject of this verse is considered at large. That days and nights do not,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:11

Verse 11 The sailors asked counsel of Jonah; and hence it appears that they were touched with so much fear as not to dare to do any thing to him. We hence see how much they had improved almost in an instant, since they spared an Israelite, because they acknowledged that among that people the true God was worshipped, the supreme King of heaven and earth: for, without a doubt, it was this fear that restrained them from throwing Jonah immediately into the sea. For since it was certain that through... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:12

Verse 12 Jonah then answers, Take me, and throw me into the sea, and it will be still to you. It may be asked whether Jonah ought to have of his own accord offered himself to die; for it seemed to be an evidence of desperation. He might, indeed, have surrendered himself to their will; but here he did, as it were, stimulate them, “Throw me into the sea, ” he says; “for ye cannot otherwise pacify God than by punishing me.” He seemed like a man in despair, when he would thus advance to death of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:13

Verse 13 This verse shows that the sailors and the rest were more inclined to mercy, when they saw that the holy Prophet was willing to undergo the punishment which he had deserved. When therefore, he confessed that he was guilty, and refused not to be punished, they became anxious to spare his life, though they were heathens, and also for the most part barbarians: and as each of them could not but be frightened with his immediate danger, the wonder is increased, that they had such regard for... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:14

Verse 14 I come now to the second verse. They cried, he says, to Jehovah and said, We beseech (30) , Jehovah, let us not perish, we pray, on account of the life of this man, and give not, that is, lay not, innocent blood upon us (31) The Prophet now expresses more fully why the sailors toiled so much to return to port, or to reach some shore, — they were already persuaded that Jonah was a worshipper of the true God, and not only this, but that he was a Prophet, inasmuch as he had told them, as... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:15

Verse 15 Jonah shows here that the tempest arose through his fault; for the issue proved this with certainty. The sailors had not only cast lots, but after Jonah was thrown into the sea the storm calmed, and the sea became still, — this sudden change sufficiently proved that Jonah was the only cause why they were so nearly shipwrecked. For if the sea had not calmed immediately, but after some interval of time, it might have been ascribed to chance: but as the sea instantly rested, it could not... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:16

Verse 16 Jonah now declares what fruit followed; and first, he says, that the sailors feared the true God. He uses here the proper name of God, Jehovah; for, as we have already seen, they were addicted to their own superstitions, as each of them cried to his own god: but it was a false notion; for they went astray after their own superstitions. The Prophet now points out the difference, — that they began to fear the true God. At the same time it may have been, that they afterwards relapsed into... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:16

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