Jonah 1:16 WEB

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:16

Fear, sacrifice, and vows. Times of danger are often times of devotion; but times of deliverance are not always times of thanksgiving. It is to the credit and honour of these seamen that when the storm ceased they acknowledged Jehovah as the Author of the calm, as the God of salvation. Three aspects of religious exercise are here presented to us. I. REVERENCE . We cannot say that there was no superstition in the feelings and the conduct of these mariners. Probably the piety of most... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:16

And the men feared the Lord with a great fear - because, from the tranquility of the sea and the ceasing of the tempest, they saw that the prophet’s words were true. This great miracle completed the conversion of the mariners. God had removed all human cause of fear; and yet, in the same words as before, he says, “they feared a great fear;” but he adds, “the Lord.” It was the great fear, with which even the disciples of Jesus feared, when they saw the miracles which He did, which made even... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 1:16

Jonah 1:16. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly They were convinced of the power and greatness of that God whom Jonah worshipped: which appeared both in raising this storm, and in so suddenly laying it. And offered sacrifice unto the Lord Or JEHOVAH; and made vows As it is not probable that they offered a sacrifice on shipboard, this seems to be spoken of what they did when they came safe to the port for which they were bound; namely that they made a public acknowledgment, by... 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 1:16

offered, &c. = sacrificed: i.e. they vowed that they would offer [when they landed]. Hebrew. zebach. App-43 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 1:16

"Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.""The men feared Jehovah exceedingly ..." The old versions have, "They feared the Lord with a great fear." Why?They had seen things contrary to nature; they had confronted the knowledge of the true God; they had seen his just judgment upon one of his disobedient servants; and they were aware of their own sins and accountability before the God of heaven and earth. "Events full of wonder had... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 1:16

Jonah 1:16. And offered a sacrifice, &c.— Houbigant, following the Hebrew, Vulgate, &c. ends the chapter with this verb. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:16

16. offered a sacrifice—They offered some sacrifice of thanksgiving at once, and vowed more when they should land. GLASSIUS thinks it means only, "They promised to offer a sacrifice." 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 1:15-16

The immediate cessation of the storm proved to the sailors that Yahweh really did control the sea (cf. Matthew 8:26). Therefore they feared (respected) Him, offered a sacrifice to Him (when they reached shore?), and made vows (perhaps to venerate Him, cf. Psalms 116:17-18)."The book of Jonah contains within its few pages one of the greatest concentrations of the supernatural in the Bible. Yet it is significant that the majority of them are based upon natural phenomena." [Note: Gaebelein, p.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 1:16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 1:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 1:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 1:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:16

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 1:15-16

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