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A Question of Reverence
Commentators note the sailors' remarkable restraint. Despite knowing Jonah is the cause of their deadly peril, they don't act rashly. Instead, they ask the prophet for God's prescribed solution. Scholars like Calvin see this as a sign of their newfound fear of the Lord, demonstrating that an encounter with God's power can lead even non-believers to seek His will, not just their own escape.
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Albert Barnes
On Jonah 1:11
18th Century
Theologian
What shall we do to you? - They knew him to be a prophet; they ask him the mind of his God. The lots had marked out Jonah as the ca…
Charles Ellicott
On Jonah 1:11
19th Century
Bishop
What shall we.— The prophet would of course know how to appease the God he had displeased.
May be calm …
Charles Spurgeon
On Jonah 1:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
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:…
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John Calvin
On Jonah 1:11–12
16th Century
Theologian
The sailors asked counsel of Jonah, and from this it appears that they were so overcome with fear that they did not dare to do anything to him. Fro…
John Gill
On Jonah 1:11
17th Century
Pastor
Then said they unto him, what shall we do unto thee
Though, both by the lot and his own confession, they knew he was…
Matthew Henry
On Jonah 1:8–12
17th Century
Minister
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…