Jonah 1:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then were the men exceedinglyd afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. ”

Jonah 1:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then were the men exceedingly afraid - Before, they had feared the tempest and the loss of their lives. Now they feared God. They feared, not the creature but the Creator. They knew that what the...
Jonah 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jonah 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh. App-14. exceedingly . afraid. Figure of speech Potyptoton (App-6). feared. great fear. Why... ? They knew the fact of his flight, but not the reason, whi...
Jonah 1:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It then follows, that the men feared with great fear, and said, Why hast thou done this? (26) for they knew that he had fled from the presence of Jehovah, for he had told them. And this is...
Jonah 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Jonah 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. Then were the men exce...
Jonah 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 hat...
Jonah 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Why hast . — Rather, What is this that thou hast done? The question expresses horror, not curiosity. For the men knew that . — Jonah’s answer in Jonah 1:9 is evidently intended only as an abbr...
Jonah 1:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE GREAT REFUSAL John 1:1-17 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...
Jonah 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 wa...
Jonah 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 tow...
Jonah 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Jonah 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then were the men exceedingly afraid ,.... When they found he was a Hebrew, and that it was the God of the Hebrews that was angry; of whom they had heard much, and what great and wonderful things ha...
Jonah 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. Ver. 10. Then were the men...
Jonah 1:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he said, I am a Hebrew One descended from Heber, whose offspring by Abraham are well known. And I fear the Lord Or rather JEHOVAH, the God of heaven , Jehovah being the peculiar name of the...
Jonah 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet in the Storm; The Prophet Convicted by the Lot. B. C. 840. 4 But the L ORD...
Jonah 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then; when Jonah had declared his God, whose power and wrath these mariners saw and heard in the tempest, and what sin of his was now punished, and how they had taken him into their ship, knowing t...
Jonah 1:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then the men were hugely afraid, and said to him, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of YHWH, because he had told them.' When the men heard th...
Jonah 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .] Jonah 1:8 . Tell ] How urgent and earnest this examination! Fit questions for our own hearts! Jonah 1:9 . Hebrew ] A name by which an Israelite was known to foreigners ( Ge...
Jonah 1:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Jonah 1:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 1:1-3 . 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 ro...
Jonah 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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....
Jonah 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jonah 1:1-32 Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH . HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT . Jonah 1:1-32 § 1. Jonah is sent to Nineveh to cry against it; but he tries to a...
Jonah 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah's Commission And Flight
Jonah 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 24:3 ; Daniel 5:6-9 ; Job 27:22 ; John 19:8 ; Jonah 1:3 ; Joshua 7:25
Jonah 1:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jonah, the Book of Divine Revelations Jonah 1:1-11 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 marv...

Jonah 1:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jonah 1:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jonah 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jonah 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jonah 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jonah 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jonah 1:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jonah 1:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 1:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jonah 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonah 1:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary