So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from her raging. So at Jesus' word (Luke 8:24). God spares the prayerful penitent-a truth illustrated now in the case of the sailors, presently in that of Jonah, and, thirdly, in that of Nineveh. "The sea ceased" - literally, "stood" still, like a servant who stands after he has fulfilled his master's command. The sailors took him up reluctantly, and with respect, as he was the prophet of God, without resistance on his part.