Jonah 1:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. ”

Jonah 1:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What shall we do unto thee? - They knew him to be a prophet; they ask him the mind of his God. The lots had marked out Jonah as the cause of the storm; Jonah had himself admitted it, and that the...
Jonah 1:11 - 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 1:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wrought, &c.. grew more and more tempestuous. Hebrew "was going on and raging".
Jonah 1:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The sailors asked counsel of Jonah; and hence it appears that they were touched with so much fear as not to dare to do any thing to him. We hence see how much they had improved almost in an ins...
Jonah 1:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. What shall we do unto thee - In these poor men there was an uncommon d...
Jonah 1:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wrought, and was tempestuous— Grew more and more tempestuous: and so Jonah 1:13 .
Jonah 1:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee? They ask t...
Jonah 1:11 - 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 1:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

What shall we. — The prophet would of course know how to appease the God he had displeased. May be calm unto us . — See margin. The word rendered calm occurs ( Psalms 107:30 ) of a lull after...
Jonah 1:11 - 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 1:11 - 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 1:11 - 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 1:11 - 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 1:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said they unto him, what shall we do unto thee ,.... Though, both by the lot and his own confession, they knew he was the guilty person; for whose sake this storm was; yet were unwilling to do...
Jonah 1:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. Ver. 11. Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee? ] q....
Jonah 1:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then said they, What shall we do unto thee , &c. They perceived that Jonah was a prophet of the Lord, and therefore they would not do any thing to him without consulting him. He appeared to be a...
Jonah 1:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet Confesses His Folly; The Prophet Reads His Own Doom; The Prophet Cast into the Sea; Jonah's Preservation in the Fish's Belly. B. ...
Jonah 1:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then said they; when they heard all that Jonah had declared to them, and well weighed it all, and saw it looked all of one piece, most credible. Unto him; a prophet fittest in that respect to tel...
Jonah 1:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.' Then they asked him, as one who would know his God's requirements, wh...
Jonah 1:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 themselve...
Jonah 1:11 - 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 1:11 - 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 1:11 - 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 1:11 - 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 1:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee that the sea may be calm unto us? What would Jonah himself suggest or advise in order to turn away the wrath of God from those who were not implica...
Jonah 1:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 6:2 ; 1 Samuel 6:3 ; 2 Samuel 21:1-6 ; 2 Samuel 24:11-13 ; Micah 6:6 ; Micah 6:7
Jonah 1:11 - 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 1:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jonah 1:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jonah 1:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jonah 1:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jonah 1:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jonah 1:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jonah 1:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 1:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah 1:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jonah 1:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 1:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 1:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 1:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jonah 1:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah 1:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonah 1:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary