So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy (h) God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
(h) As they had called on their idols, which declares that idolaters have no rest nor certainty, but in their troubles seek what they do not even know.
Verse 6. _THE SHIPMASTER_] Either the _captain_ or the _pilot_. _ARISE, CALL UPON THY GOD_] He supposed that Jonah had _his_ god, as well as they had _theirs_; and that, as the danger was imminent, e...
WHAT MEANEST THOU? - or rather, “what aileth thee?” (literally “what is to thee?”) The shipmaster speaks of it (as it was) as a sort of disease, that he should be thus asleep in the common peril. “The...
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...
SHIPMASTER. chief of the rope. Phoenician for captain. Hebrew. _rab hachobel._ Not. "later word", because. "captain" is not mentioned earlier. _Rah =_ captain, or head. See 2 Kings 25:8; Esther 1:8; D...
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...
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...
_the shipmaster_ Lit., THE CHIEF OF THE SAILORS, i. e. the captain. The word here for _sailors_(which is singular and used collectively) is not the same word as that rendered _mariners_in Jonah 1:5. I...
_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...
DISCOURSE: 1198 JONAH REPROVED BY THE MARINERS John 1:6. _So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon u...
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...
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. SO THE SHIPMASTER CAME TO HIM, AN...
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...
THE SHIPMASTER... — Literally, _the chief of those who work at the rope._ Jewish nautical terms are infrequent and therefore obscure. The word _mariners,_ in Jonah 1:5, correctly renders a term which...
וַ יִּקְרַ֤ב אֵלָיו֙ רַ֣ב הַ חֹבֵ֔ל וַ
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...
The Lord sometimes sends preachers like this ship-master, from even the unawakened, to rouse his own people. But had Jonah considered it: what a reproach was this to him; that he, whom the Lord of hea...
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...
Jonah relates here how he was reproved by the pilot or master of the ship (18), inasmuch as he alone slept, while all the rest were in anxiety and fear. “What meanest thou, fast sleeper?” The pilot 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...
SO THE SHIPMASTER CAME TO HIM,.... The master of the vessel, who had the command of it; or the governor of it, as Jarchi; though Josephus d distinguishes between the governor and the shipmaster: "the...
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. Ver. 6. _So the shipmaster came unt...
_So the ship-master_ Who had the conduct of the vessel, and from whose mouth such a reproof was seasonable; _came and said to him, What meanest thou, O sleeper?_ A just and necessary reproof this. We...
So the shipmaster came to him and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? Why should he withdraw at the time of this great peril?. ARISE, CALL UPON THY GOD, IF SO BE THAT GOD WILL THINK UPON US T...
JONAH'S COMMISSION AND FLIGHT...
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...
SO THE SHIP-MASTER, who had the conduct of the vessel, and from whose mouth such a reproof was seasonable, came to him; missing him, when all the rest were toiled with labour, and had been crying migh...
Jonah 1:6 captain H7227 H2259 came H7126 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) sleeper H7290 (H8737) Arise...
‘So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, O sleeper? Arise, call on your God, if so be that God will think on us, so that we perish not.” ' The shipmaster was concerned to se...
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...
_So the shipmaster came to him._ A MODEL SEA-CAPTAIN The shipmaster was a good workman. The spirit and manner in which he went about his work deserve our imitation. He was intensely in earnest. At a...
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...
JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 1:6 ARISE, CALL OUT echoes God’s command in v. Jonah 1:2. NOT PERISH. A pagan, not Jonah, is concerned that people not die....
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...
EXPOSITION JONAH 1:1 Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT. JONAH 1:1 § 1. Jonah is sent to Nine
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...
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...
2 Samuel 12:22; Acts 21:13; Amos 5:15; Ephesians 5:14; Esther 4:16;...
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...