I am a Hebrew—This was the name by which Israel was known to foreigners. It is used in the Old Testament, only when they are spoken of by fo…

And he said ...—“The emergency recalls Jonah to his true self. All the better part of his character now comes out. His co…

And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew:

That let them know from where he came, and what his country was.

And I fear the LO…

After the lot fell on Jonah, they did not doubt that he was the guilty person, any more than if he had been proven to be so a hundred times: for wh…

And he said to them, I [am] an Hebrew
He does not say a Jew, as the Targum wrongly renders it; for that would have b…

Jonah gave an account of his religion, for that was his duty. We may hope that he told it with sorrow and shame, justifying God, condemning himself…