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Come, and let us cast lots. Jonah too had probably prayed, and his prayers also were not heard. Probably, too, the storm had some unusual ch…

Come, and let us cast lots.—We are to suppose that Jonah, coming on deck in compliance with the captain’s request, adds h…

We do not commend the action of these men in casting lots, but we admire the providence by which the lot fell upon Jonah. Solomon says, The lot…

Jonah did not mention this without reason—that the passengers consulted together about casting lots; for we learn from this that it was no ordinary…

And they said everyone to his fellow That Jonah awoke and rose up, upon the shipmaster's calling to him, is certain; but …

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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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes