Let us not perish, &c.— "Impute not to us his death: we only obey thy orders, and do that which thou thyself hast ordained. It is the necessity of a just defence which obliges us to cast: him into the sea, to preserve us from the imminent danger whereunto we are brought by his means."
Verse Jonah 1:14. _THEY CRIED UNTO THE LORD_] Under a conviction that he was the self-existing Being, the Maker of the heavens and the earth, and the author of the present storm, they put up their pra...
WHEREFORE (AND) THEY CRIED UNTO THE LORD - “They cried” no more “each man to his god,” but to the one God, whom Jonah had made known to them; and to Him they cried with an earnest submissive, cry, rep...
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...
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...
MAN'S. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh.App-13._ AS. according as. Compare Psalms 115:3....
_for this man's life_ i. e. for having taken it away. Lit., IN the life of this man, according to a well-known use of this Heb. preposition in the sense of -in the place of," -in exchange for." So Gen...
The openness of these heathens to religious impressions; the readiness with which they acknowledged Jehovah (hitherto to them an unknown God), and addressed no longer to their own gods (Jonah 1:5), bu...
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...
_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...
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...
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pl...
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...
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...
WHEREFORE THEY CRIED UNTO THE LORD. — There is presented here, as throughout the book, a strong contrast between the readiness of the heathen to receive religious impressions, and the stubbornness and...
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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...
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...
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...
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, (k) We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it...
_Blood. We act thus by his direction, and through necessity._...
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...
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...
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...
I come now to the second verse. _They cried, _he says, _to Jehovah and said, We beseech _(30) _, Jehovah, let us not perish, we pray, on account of the life of this man, and give not, _that is, lay no...
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...
WHEREFORE THEY CRIED UNTO THE LORD,.... Not unto their gods, but unto the true Jehovah, the God of Jonah, and of the Hebrews; whom they now, by this providence, and Jonah's discourse, had some convict...
_Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pl...
_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...
Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, in this case addressing Jehovah, the true God, AND SAID, WE BESEECH THEE, O LORD, WE BESEECH THEE, LET US NOT PERISH FOR THIS MAN'S LIFE, be held accountable for th...
JONAH AND THE SEA MONSTER...
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...
WHEREFORE, since all their labour and skill to carry the ship to shore was successless, and they saw no remedy, but they must either follow Jonah's advice against himself, or drown with him, THEY CRIE...
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‘For which reason they cried to YHWH, and said, “We beseech you, O YHWH, we beseech you, do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood, for you, O YHWH, have done as it...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION JONAH 1:1 Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT. JONAH 1:1 § 1. Jonah is sent to Nine
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...
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...
Acts 28:4; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 4:35; Deuteronomy 21:8; Ephesians 1:11;
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...