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They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
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God's Providence Over Chance
Commentators emphasize that while the sailors used a common practice of casting lots, God's sovereign providence guided the outcome. Citing Proverbs 16:33, scholars explain that God can overrule any method, even one of apparent chance, to accomplish His specific purposes. The lot didn't fall on Jonah by accident; it was directed by God's hand.
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Jonah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Come, and let us cast lots.—We are to suppose that Jonah, coming on deck in compliance with the captain’s request, adds h…
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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