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Verse Jonah 1:13. _THE MEN ROWED HARD_] Were very unwilling to proceed
to this extremity, and thought they would risk every thing rather than
cast this disobedient prophet into the great deep....
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THE MEN ROWED HARD - , literally “dug.” The word, like our
“plowed the main,” describes the great efforts which they made.
Amid the violence of the storm, they had furled their sails. These
were worse...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
CHAPTER 1
The Commission of the Prophet ,His Disobedience, and the Consequences
_ 1. The commission (John 1:1) _
2. The disobedience (John 1:3)
3. The consequences (John...
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JONAH 1:1 TO JONAH 2:1; JONAH 2:10. JONAH VAINLY SEEKS TO EVADE THE
MISSION TO WHICH GOD APPOINTS HIM. Jonah is bidden by Yahweh to
proclaim judgment on Nineveh for its sin, but he hurries in the
oppo...
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ROWED HARD. The tackling had gone. See note on "wares", Jonah 1:5.
BRING IT. bring it back....
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_rowed hard_ Lit., DIGGED. The word is used for digging or breaking
through a wall, Job 24:16; Ezekiel 12:5; Ezekiel 12:7. The figurative
use of it does not occur again in the O.T., where, as has been...
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Jonah's Punishment. The Storm and its consequences
No sooner does Jonah decide upon his course of action and think
himself now secure of its accomplishment, than God arrests him by the
judgment of th...
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_OUR SIN HURTS OTHERS -- JONAH 1:11-14:_ Jonah's sins had caused
trouble for several other people. They were hurting because of his
wrong. Their situation was bad and the sea was becoming more violent...
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GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE CHASTENING OF JEHOVAH
TEXT: Jonah 1:11-17
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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 mor...
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Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they
could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
NEVERTHELESS THE MEN ROWED HARD TO BRING IT TO THE LAND; BUT THEY...
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THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JONAH
2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For
its wickedness cp. Nahum 3.
3. Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he
hates the N...
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THE MAN WHO DISAGREED WITH GOD
JONAH
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
INTRODUCTION
The book does not say who wrote it. It is unlikely that Jonah was the
author. This is because the story is not very favourable...
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ROWED HARD. — This is a sufficient rendering of _the_ Hebrew verb,
though it misses the metaphor. In every other instance of its use the
word refers to the violence employed in breaking through a wall...
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וַ יַּחְתְּר֣וּ הָ אֲנָשִׁ֗ים לְ
הָשִׁ֛יב אֶל
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THE GREAT REFUSAL
John 1:1
WE have now laid clear the lines upon which the Book of Jonah was
composed. Its purpose is to illustrate God's grace to the heathen in
face of His people's refusal to fulfi...
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FLEEING FROM GOD AND DUTY
John 1:1-16
Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25. He was clearly very patriotic,
and did not despair of his country in its darkest days. This
commission to Nineveh was theref...
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In narrating his own experience on his mission to Nineveh, Jonah
intended to teach his people the lesson of the inclusiveness of the
divine government, and thus to rebuke their exclusive attitude towa...
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This is a beautiful part of the history. The modest enquiries of the
mariners; the honesty of Jonah; the reluctances in the minds of the
ship's-company to cast Jonah into the sea; their cry unto the L...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The most cursory reader can hardly avoid seeing that Jonah has a
peculiar place among the prophets. There is none more intensely
Jewish; yet his prophecy was...
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Jonah the Sleeper
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we began our study of the book of Jonah.
1. As usual, we did a brief background study and you might remember
that I shared with you that this little b...
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This verse shows that the sailors and the rest were more inclined to
mercy, when they saw that the holy Prophet was willing to undergo the
punishment which he had deserved. When therefore, he confesse...
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Introduction to Jonah
Nineveh-which represents the world in its natural greatness, full of
pride and iniquity, regardless of God and of His authority-had
deserved the righteous judgment of God. This i...
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NEVERTHELESS, THE MEN ROWED HARD TO BRING [IT] TO THE LAND,
BUT THEY COULD NOT,.... Or, "they digged" l; that is, the waters of
the sea with their oars; not by casting anchor, as Abendana; they used...
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Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land; but they
could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
Ver. 13. _Nevertheless the men rowed_] Heb. digged: for so they t...
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_Nevertheless, the men rowed hard_, &c. Whoever these mariners were,
they are to be admired for their generosity; for though Jonah had told
them that he was the cause of the tempest, and had advised t...
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JONAH AND THE SEA MONSTER...
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Nevertheless the men, not desiring to carry out the prophet's
suggestion, ROWED HARD TO BRING IT TO THE LAND, that is, they tried
everything they knew in the line of seamanship in order to break
throu...
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ROWED:
_ Heb._ digged...
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13-17 The mariners rowed against wind and tide, the wind of God's
displeasure, the tide of his counsel; but it is in vain to think of
saving ourselves any other way than by destroying our sins. Even...
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NEVERTHELESS, Heb. _And_; but rightly to the proper sense of the
phrase rendered here NEVERTHELESS: Notwithstanding the lot fell on
Jonah, he confessed his fault, directs them to cast him overboard, a...
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Jonah 1:13 men H582 hard H2864 (H8799) return H7725 (H8687) land H3004
could H3201 (H8804) sea...
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‘Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get themselves back to the land,
but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against
them.'
However, to the men's credit, they were loath to offe...
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JONAH 1-4
Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ.
I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among
different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the
similitude of the pro...
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Jonah 1:1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of
Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose
up...
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CONTENTS: Jonah's commission and effort to avoid God's will. Swallowed
by a great fish.
CHARACTERS: God, Jonah, seamen.
CONCLUSION: Men may be distinctly called of God to proclaim His
message, yet r...
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Jonah 1:1. _The word of the Lord came to Jonah._ The word of prophecy,
delivered by Christ, the preëxistent Word, as appears from his
reasoning with the prophet when angry that Nineveh was spared. Jon...
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_I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you._
INTELLIGIBLE PROVIDENCES
It is certain that in all general adversities God has some purpose to
accomplish with all those that suffer. But it...
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JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 1:4 Jonah and the Pagan Sailors. These verses
tell of Jonah’s encounter with pagan sailors. It raises the
question, Who truly fears the Lord—Jonah, or the pagans? At the
beginning...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
JONAH 1:11. THE SEA] “Not only increasingly tempestuous, but, like a
thing alive and obeying its Master’s will, it was holding on its
course, its wild waves tossing themselves and ma...
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EXPOSITION
JONAH 1:1
Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT.
JONAH 1:1
§ 1. Jonah is sent to Nine
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Therefore it never comes at all into notice here. When the mariners
asked Jonah why he had done so, he was silent as to any justification
of himself; their question is recorded, but not his answer, fo...
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Jonah
Now we come to that interesting prophet Jonah.
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their
wickedne...
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Job 34:29; Proverbs 21:30...
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JONAH, AND THE CALVARY MESSAGE
Jonah 1:12
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The message of Calvary is not the message of historical Scriptures
alone. Beyond doubt, the final Chapter s of the Gospels, and the
Epis...