Jonah 1:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:11

What shall we do unto thee? - They knew him to be a prophet; they ask him the mind of his God. The lots had marked out Jonah as the cause of the storm; Jonah had himself admitted it, and that the storm was for “his” cause, and came from “his” God . “Great was he who fled, greater He who required him. They dare not give him up; they cannot conceal him. They blame the fault; they confess their fear; they ask “him” the remedy, who was the author of the sin. If it was faulty to receive thee, what... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 1:11-12

Jonah 1:11-12. Then said they, What shall we do unto thee, &c. They perceived that Jonah was a prophet of the Lord, and therefore they would not do any thing to him without consulting him. He appeared to be a delinquent, but he appeared also to be a penitent: and therefore they would not insult over him, or offer him any rudeness. They would not cast him overboard, if he could think of any other expedient by which to save the ship. And he said, Take me up, and cast me into the sea It... 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 1:11

wrought, &c. = grew more and more tempestuous. Hebrew "was going on and raging". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 1:11

"Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous."The concern and reserve of these pagan sailors in this instance is most commendable. Instead of moving at once to rid their ship of its offending passenger, which they might have done upon the basis of the lot's having fallen upon Jonah, they nevertheless sought Jonah's own advice and consent of what they should do. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 1:11

Jonah 1:11. Wrought, and was tempestuous— Grew more and more tempestuous: and so Jonah 1:13. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:11

11. What shall we do unto thee?—They ask this, as Jonah himself must best know how his God is to be appeased. "We would gladly save thee, if we can do so, and yet be saved ourselves" (Jonah 1:13; Jonah 1:14). read more

Thomas Constable

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

The sailors might have known what to do with Jonah had he been a criminal guilty of some crime against persons or if he had accidentally transgressed a law of his God. However, he was guilty of being a servant of his God and directly disobeying the Lord’s order to him. They had no idea what would placate the creator of the sea in such a case, so they asked Jonah since he knew his God. 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

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:1-17

The Disobedience of Jonah2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For its wickedness cp. Nahum 3. 3. Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he hates the Ninevites, and because he fears that, after all, God may spare them. Tarshish] Tartessus, in SW. Spain, probably an old Phoenician colony. It would be in the opposite direction to Nineveh. Joppa] Jaffa, the only port of any size on the Palestinian coast. 5. The ship’s crew is composed of a blend of... read more

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