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Jonah 1:15

Jonah 1:15
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

They took up Jonah - o “He does not say, ‘laid hold on him’, nor ‘came upon him’ but ‘lifted’ him; as it were, bearing him with respect and honor, they cast him into the sea, not resisting, but…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jonah 1:11-17

It is plain that Jonah is the man for whose sake this evil is upon them, but the discovery of him to be so was not sufficient to answer the demands of this tempest; they had found him out, but…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

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…