Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jonah 1:11-12

"Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous. And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you." — Jonah 1:11-12 (ASV)

For the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you:

Despite all his faults, Jonah was an eminent type of Christ. We know that from our Lord's own words, for he was as long in the belly of the whale as Christ was in the heart of the earth.

Here he seems to be a type of our Savior: Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea: so shall the sea be calm unto you: (Jonah 1:12–13).

For I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land;

They showed a great deal of kindness in all their treatment of Jonah. They could not bear to take away a fellow-creature's life, so they pulled and tugged in order to get the ship to land.