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Jonah 1:4-16

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 and end the sailors “fear” (vv. Jonah 1:5, Jonah 1:16); in the middle Jonah claims to “fear” the Lord (v. Jonah 1:9) while the sailors actually fear (v. Jonah 1:10).

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • 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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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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