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The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:14

They cried unto the Lord. They prayed no longer to their gods, as before ( Jonah 1:5 ), but unto Jehovah, the God of Jonah. Let us not perish for this man's life. Let us not incur death for taking this man's life. They seem to know something of the Noachic law that punished murder ( Genesis 9:5 , Genesis 9:6 ). Lay not upon us innocent blood. Charge us not with the guilt of shedding innocent blood ( Deuteronomy 21:8 ). For thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee ( 1 Samuel... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:14

Wherefore (And) they cried unto the Lord - “They cried” no more “each man to his god,” but to the one God, whom Jonah had made known to them; and to Him they cried with an earnest submissive, cry, repeating the words of beseeching, as men, do in great earnestness; “we beseech Thee, O Lord, let us not, we beseech Thee, perish for the life of this man” (i. e., as a penalty for taking it, as it is said, 2 Samuel 14:7. “we will slay him for the life of his brother,” and, Deuteronomy 19:21. “life... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 1:13-14

Jonah 1:13-14. Nevertheless, the men rowed hard, &c. Whoever these mariners were, they are to be admired for their generosity; for though Jonah had told them that he was the cause of the tempest, and had advised them to cast him into the sea, yet they were very unwilling to do it, and generously redoubled their efforts, strained every nerve, and exposed themselves unto still greater danger of sinking, for some time longer, in order, if possible, to gain the shore without throwing him... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

1:1-17 JONAH’S DISOBEDIENCE AND ITS RESULTSWhen God commanded Jonah to go and warn the sinful people of Nineveh of coming judgment, Jonah not only refused but fled in the opposite direction. He boarded a ship and headed for the distant Mediterranean port of Tarshish, somewhere in the region of Spain (1:1-3). But God determined to bring Jonah back. His first action was to send a fierce storm that threatened to sink the ship. The seamen, who were not Hebrews, prayed to their gods to save them,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 1:14

man's. Hebrew. 'ish . App-14 . life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . as = according as. Compare Psalms 115:3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 1:14

"Wherefore, they cried unto Jehovah and said, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee."This very remarkable prayer on the part of the sailors attributes to Jonah an innocence which, at first, surprises us; but this, no doubt, was due to the divine plan. Jonah is a type both of Israel and of the Lord Jesus Christ; and when the Jews insisted upon the crucifixion of our Lord, the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 1:14

Jonah 1:14. Let us not perish, &c.— "Impute not to us his death: we only obey thy orders, and do that which thou thyself hast ordained. It is the necessity of a just defence which obliges us to cast: him into the sea, to preserve us from the imminent danger whereunto we are brought by his means." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:14

14. for this man's life—that is, for taking this man's life. innocent blood—Do not punish us as Thou wouldst punish the shedders of innocent blood (compare Deuteronomy 21:8). In the case of the Antitype, Pontius Pilate washed his hands and confessed Christ's innocence, "I am innocent of the blood of this just person." But whereas Jonah the victim was guilty and the sailors innocent, Christ our sacrificial victim was innocent and Pontius Pilate and nil of us men were guilty. But by imputation of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 1:11-16

D. The sailors’ compassion and fear of God 1:11-16Rather than becoming God’s instrument of salvation Jonah became an object for destruction because he rebelled against God. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 1:14

The sailors also voiced their belief in God’s sovereignty, which Jonah had denied by his behavior. They requested physical deliverance and forgiveness from guilt since they anticipated that Jonah would die because of their act. They believed that God’s sovereignty was so strongly obvious that He might forgive them. Jonah’s innocent death seemed inevitable to them try as they did to avoid it. Still they could not be sure that they were doing God’s will and feared that He might punish them for... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 1:13-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 1:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 1:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 1:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 1:11-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 1:14

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