Jonah 1:16 WEB

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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jonah 1:16

(16) Offered.—There may have been some live-stock on board suitable for sacrifice; but the offering could only be completed on landing, wherefore they made vows. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

THE GREAT REFUSALJonah 1:1-17WE have now laid clear the lines upon which the Book of Jonah was composed. Its purpose is to illustrate God’s grace to the heathen in face of His people’s refusal to fulfill their mission to them. The author was led to achieve this purpose by a parable, through which the prophet Jonah moves as the symbol of his recusant, exiled, redeemed, and still hardened people. It is the Drama of Israel’s career, as the Servant of God, in the most pathetic moments of that... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jonah 1:1-17

Analysis and Annotations CHAPTER 1 The Commission of the Prophet ,His Disobedience, and the Consequences 1. The commission (John 1:1-2 ) 2. The disobedience (John 1:3 ) 3. The consequences (John 1:4-17 ) John 1:1-2 . The record begins with the same word with which all historical books in the Bible begin, like Joshua, judges, Ruth, Samuel, etc. The commission given to Jonah was to go to Nineveh, that great city, and to cry against it on account of its wickedness. Nineveh was the great... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jonah 1:16

1:16 Then the men {l} feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.(l) They were touched with a certain repentance of their past life, and began to worship the true God by whom they saw themselves as wonderfully delivered. But this was done for fear, and not from a pure heart and affection, neither according to God’s word. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

A MISGUIDED PATRIOT LEARNS OBEDIENCE There is only one instance of Jonah’s prophesying to his own people of Israel, 2 Kings 14:25 . There he made a prediction concerning the restoration of the coasts of Israel, which was fulfilled in the reign of Jeroboam 2 about 800 B.C., showing that he lived earlier than that date. Of his personal history nothing further is known than what is found in this book. Jonah 1:0 Nineveh (Jonah 1:2 ) was the capital of Assyria, and the reason Jonah sought to... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Jonah 1:1-17

The Flight of Jonah Jonah 1:0 "Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai" ( Jon 1:1 ). We are apt to think that this coming of the word of the Lord to men in ancient time was so special a circumstance that it has no application to ourselves. We think of the prophet as a solitary being; we have no doubt that Almighty God did speak to him in some special and peculiar manner; but how rarely it occurs to us that he who spoke to the prophets in times past is now speaking unto us... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jonah 1:10-16

This is a beautiful part of the history. The modest enquiries of the mariners; the honesty of Jonah; the reluctances in the minds of the ship's-company to cast Jonah into the sea; their cry unto the Lord; and the offering they made when they had done it, to be freed from the guilt of his blood; all these form most interesting points for improvement. But it is high time to pass over the history to what is infinitely more interesting, and to inquire for that which no doubt was the one great point... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:16

Lord. They were converted by this prodigy, and offered sacrifice immediately, or (Calmet) when they came to port. (Menochius) --- All know by the light of reason that sacrifice and vows are acceptable to the Lord. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 1:13-17

13-17 The mariners rowed against wind and tide, the wind of God's displeasure, the tide of his counsel; but it is in vain to think of saving ourselves any other way than by destroying our sins. Even natural conscience cannot but dread blood-guiltiness. And when we are led by Providence God does what he pleases, and we ought to be satisfied, though it may not please us. Throwing Jonah into the sea put an end to the storm. God will not afflict for ever, He will only contend till we submit and... read more