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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