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Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Jonah 1:15

they took up With respect and reluctance, with no struggle on his part, or violence on theirs.

her raging Lit., her anger. "Maris ira," Ovid. Met.I. 330, "iratum mare," Hor. Epod.II. 5, 6, are quoted by the commentators.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TOOK UP. took up with reverence or care: as in Genesis 47:30; Exodus 28:12; Exodus 28:29, &c. Hebrew. _nasa'_. CAST HIM, &c. Why are we _to assume_ that the result was different in this case from that...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _GOD PREPARED A GREAT FISH -- JONAH 1:15-17:_ These mariners were more obedient than God's prophet. "They took up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging." They were sincer...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE CHASTENING OF JEHOVAH TEXT: Jonah 1:11-17 11 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת ־יֹונָ֔ה וַ יְטִלֻ֖הוּ אֶל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Jonah shows here that the tempest arose through his fault; for the issue proved this with certainty. The sailors had not only cast lots, but after Jonah was thrown into the sea the storm calmed, and t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO THEY TOOK UP, JONAH, AND CAST HIM FORTH INTO THE SEA,.... They took him out of the hold or cabin where he was, and brought him upon deck; they took him, not against his will, but with his full cons...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from her raging, it stood still and no longer rose in such tremendous billows....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    CEASED: _ Heb._ stood...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jonah 1:15 up H5375 (H8799) Jonah H3124 threw H2904 (H8686) sea H3220 sea H3220 ceased H5975 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.' Then they took up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and no doubt to their great astonishment, discovered...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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