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12 And he said to them, a“Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest is because of me.”  
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, abut they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.  
14 Therefore they cried out to the Lord and said, “We pray, O Lord, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and ado not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O Lord, bhave done as it pleased You.”  
15 So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, aand the sea ceased from its raging.  
16 Then the men afeared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord and took vows.  

Jonah’s Prayer and Deliverance

17 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And aJonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jonah 1:14

for this man's life—that is, for taking this man's life.

innocent blood—Do not punish us as Thou wouldst punish the shedders of innocent blood (compare Deuteronomy 21:8). In the case of the Antitype, Pontius Pilate washed his hands and confessed Christ's innocence, "I am innocent of the blood of this just person." But whereas Jonah the victim was guilty and the sailors innocent, Christ our sacrificial victim was innocent and Pontius Pilate and nil of us men were guilty. But by imputation of our guilt to Him and His righteousness to us, the spotless Antitype exactly corresponds to the guilty type.

thou . . . Lord, hast done as it pleased thee—That Jonah has embarked in this ship, that a tempest has arisen, that he has been detected by casting of lots, that he has passed sentence on himself, is all Thy doing. We reluctantly put him to death, but it is Thy pleasure it should be so.




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