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Verse 5. _CRIED EVERY MAN UNTO HIS GOD_] The _ship's crew_ were all
heathens; and, it is probable, heathens who had each a different
object of religious worship.
_CAST FORTH THE WARES_] Threw the _la...
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AND CRIED, EVERY MAN UNTO HIS GOD - They did what they could. “Not
knowing the truth, they yet know of a Providence, and, amid religious
error, know that there is an Object of reverence.” In ignorance...
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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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MARINERS. salts. Hebrew. _mallach_. salt.
CRIED. cried in prayer. Hebrew. _keli_, Not the same word as in
verses: Jonah 1:2; Jonah 1:14.
EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.
WARES. tackling. Hebrew....
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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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The conduct of the heathen mariners stands in striking and favourable
contrast with that of the Jewish prophet. They call upon their gods
and use every effort to save the ship. He, moody, miserable, a...
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_the mariners_ The Hebrew word is formed from the word for _salt_, and
denotes those occupied with the salt sea. So we sometimes speak of a
sailor as a "salt."
See note on next verse, and for the who...
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_WHY HAST THOU DONE THIS -- JONAH 1:4-10:_ God sent a very violent
wind that was about to destroy the boat that Jonah was in. Jonah
learned "the hard way" that it is a terrible mistake to run from God...
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AND CRIED EVERY MAN UNTO HIS GOD— The mariners were idolaters, as
appears from the next verse. They invoked each one his idol, or the
tutelary deity of his country. The profound _sleep_ of Jonah seems...
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GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE CONTRARIETY OF JONAH
TEXT: Jonah 1:3-10
3
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah;
and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going...
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Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and
cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it
of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship...
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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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AND CRIED EVERY MAN UNTO HIS GOD. — If Phœnicians, the sailors
would have their favourite deities in the national Pantheon; but they
may have been a motley crew composed of various nationalities. For...
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וַ יִּֽירְא֣וּ הַ מַּלָּחִ֗ים וַֽ
יִּזְעֲקוּ֮...
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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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Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and
cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten
[it] of them. But Jonah was gone down (g) into the sides of t...
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_God. They were idolaters, ver. 6. --- Wares, which is commonly done
in storms. (Calmet) --- This loss was in punishment of their sins;
though they seem not devoid of some fear of God and man. (Haydoc...
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What a striking instance doth Jonah here afford, how men's minds are
hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. He, for whom this storm was
raised, was the only one insensible of danger. Sinners aslee...
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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 narrative, in which Jonah relates in order so many circumstances,
is not without its use; for, as we shall presently see, he intended to
set forth his own insensibility, and to lay it before us a...
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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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THEN THE MARINERS WERE AFRAID,.... Perceiving that the storm was not
an ordinary, but a supernatural one; and that the ship and all in it
were in extreme danger, and no probability of being saved. Thi...
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Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and
cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten
[it] of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the s...
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_But the Lord sent out a great wind_ The extraordinary greatness of
it, with the suddenness of its rising, and the terrible effects it was
likely to produce, showed that it was supernatural, and came...
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JONAH'S COMMISSION AND FLIGHT...
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Then the mariners, the sailors on the boat, WERE AFRAID AND CRIED
EVERY MAN UNTO HIS GOD, for the seamen were from various countries and
worshiped various gods, AND CAST FORTH THE WARES THAT WERE IN T...
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4-7 God sent a pursuer after Jonah, even a mighty tempest. Sin brings
storms and tempests into the soul, into the family, into churches and
nations; it is a disquieting, disturbing thing. Having call...
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THEN, when this preternatural tempest fell-with all its violence into
the sea, the mariners; passengers are not here named, who,
unaccustomed to sea, might be too apprehensive of danger; but the men
t...
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Jonah 1:5 mariners H4419 afraid H3372 (H8799) man H376 cried H2199
(H8799) god H430 threw H2904 ...
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‘Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god, and
they cast overboard the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to
lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost...
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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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_The mariners were afraid, and cried every one unto his god._
FEAR DRIVING MEN TO GOD
We see how in dangers men are constrained to call on God. Though,
indeed, there is a certain impression by nature...
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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 1:6. WHAT] He sleeps, they pray (Psalms 107:28). GOD] Lit. _the_
God; other gods powerless (_perhaps_ the language of hope); Jonah’s
God could help them.
_HOMILETICS_
CONTRAST...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
JONAH 1:4. SENT OUT] Lit. to cast or hurl, passive, to be thrown
prostrate. “God throws the wind down upon the surface of the sea.”
“Hurled a greate wynde into the see” [_Coverdale_]...
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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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CHAPTER III. JONAH'S BEHAVIOUR ON RECEIVING THE DIVINE COMMISSION, AND
THE EXTRAORDINARY MEANS TAKEN TO RECLAIM HIM FROM HIS BACKSLIDING
IF it seemed strange, at first sight, that Jonah should have re...
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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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JONAH, THE BOOK OF DIVINE REVELATIONS
Jonah 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We want, as we enter into the Book of Jonah, to speak of its
historicity. There are many today who relegate this most marvelous
me...