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So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

What meanest thou?—or rather, “what is wrong with you?” (literally, “what is to you?”). The shipmaster speaks of it (as it was) as …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The shipmaster ...— Literally, the chief of those who work at the rope. Jewish nautical terms are infrequent and…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

It is hard when sinners have to rebuke saints, and when an uncircumcised Gentile can address a prophet of God in language like this.

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Jonah relates here how he was reproved by the pilot or master of the ship, since he alone slept while all the rest were in anxiety and fear. “W…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

So the shipmaster came to him
The master of the ve el, who had the command of it; or the governor of it, as Jarchi; …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God sent a pursuer after Jonah, namely, a mighty tempest. Sin brings storms and tempests into the soul, into the family, into churches, and nations…

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