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