Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Jonah
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:1 JFB -> Commentary on 1:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:1 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:1 TSK -> Commentary on 1:1 TSK -> Entry for 1:1 WEN -> Notes on 1:1 NTB -> Amittai; Disobedience To God; Jonah; Minister, Christian; Nineveh; Prophets TTT -> Prophets EBD -> Amittai; Jonah, Book of SBD -> Amitta-i 1:1 - [In Context] The LORD gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:2 JFB -> Commentary on 1:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:2 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:2 TSK -> Commentary on 1:2 TSK -> Entry for 1:2 WEN -> Notes on 1:2 NTB -> Jonah; Minister, Christian; Nineveh; Sin TTT -> Disobedience to God; Nineveh; Sins, National EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:2 - [In Context] "Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh! Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:3 JFB -> Commentary on 1:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:3 TSK -> Commentary on 1:3 TSK -> Entry for 1:3 WEN -> Notes on 1:3 NTB -> Backsliders; Commerce; Confidence; God (continued); Jonah; Joppa; Minister, Christian; Ship; Tarshish TTT -> Disobedience to God; Missionary Work by Ministers; Ships EBD -> Japho; Jonah, Book of; Joppa SBD -> Tarshish SPG -> Devotional using 1:3 1:3 - [In Context] But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction in order to get away from the LORD. He went down to the seacoast, to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping that by going away to the west he could escape from the LORD.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:4 JFB -> Commentary on 1:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:4 TSK -> Commentary on 1:4 TSK -> Entry for 1:4 WEN -> Notes on 1:4 NTB -> Confidence; God (continued); Jonah; Minister, Christian; Superstition TTT -> Missionary Work by Ministers; Sea, The; Ships; Wind, The EBD -> Euroclydon; Jonah, Book of 1:4 - [In Context] But as the ship was sailing along, suddenly the LORD flung a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to send them to the bottom.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:5 JFB -> Commentary on 1:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:5 TSK -> Commentary on 1:5 TSK -> Entry for 1:5 WEN -> Notes on 1:5 NTB -> Confidence; Converts; Idolatry; Jonah; Mariners (Sailors); Minister, Christian; Superstition TTT -> Commerce; Ships EBD -> Jonah, Book of SBD -> Ship 1:5 - [In Context] Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. And all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:6 JFB -> Commentary on 1:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:6 TSK -> Commentary on 1:6 TSK -> Entry for 1:6 WEN -> Notes on 1:6 NTB -> Converts; Jonah; Minister, Christian; Prayerlessness; Superstition TTT -> Ships EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:6 - [In Context] So the captain went down after him. "How can you sleep at a time like this?" he shouted. "Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will have mercy on us and spare our lives."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:7 JFB -> Commentary on 1:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:7 TSK -> Commentary on 1:7 TSK -> Entry for 1:7 WEN -> Notes on 1:7 NTB -> Jonah; Lot, The; Superstition EBD -> Jonah, Book of; Lot 1:7 - [In Context] Then the crew cast lots to see which of them had offended the gods and caused the terrible storm. When they did this, Jonah lost the toss.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:8 JFB -> Commentary on 1:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:8 TSK -> Commentary on 1:8 TSK -> Entry for 1:8 WEN -> Notes on 1:8 NTB -> Jonah; Superstition EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:8 - [In Context] "What have you done to bring this awful storm down on us?" they demanded. "Who are you? What is your line of work? What country are you from? What is your nationality?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:9 JFB -> Commentary on 1:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:9 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:9 TSK -> Commentary on 1:9 TSK -> Entry for 1:9 WEN -> Notes on 1:9 NTB -> Converts; Fear Of God; God; Hebrew; Jonah; Minister, Christian; Superstition EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:9 - [In Context] And Jonah answered, "I am a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:10 JFB -> Commentary on 1:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:10 TSK -> Commentary on 1:10 TSK -> Entry for 1:10 WEN -> Notes on 1:10 NTB -> Jonah; Superstition EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:10 - [In Context] Then he told them that he was running away from the LORD.The sailors were terrified when they heard this. "Oh, why did you do it?" they groaned.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:11 JFB -> Commentary on 1:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:11 TSK -> Commentary on 1:11 TSK -> Entry for 1:11 WEN -> Notes on 1:11 NTB -> Jonah; Superstition EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:11 - [In Context] And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him, "What should we do to you to stop this storm?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:12 JFB -> Commentary on 1:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:12 TSK -> Commentary on 1:12 TSK -> Entry for 1:12 WEN -> Notes on 1:12 NTB -> Jonah; Superstition; Unselfishness EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:12 - [In Context] "Throw me into the sea," Jonah said, "and it will become calm again. For I know that this terrible storm is all my fault."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:13 JFB -> Commentary on 1:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:13 TSK -> Commentary on 1:13 TSK -> Entry for 1:13 WEN -> Notes on 1:13 NTB -> Jonah; Ship; Superstition; Unselfishness TTT -> Ships EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:13 - [In Context] Instead, the sailors tried even harder to row the boat ashore. But the stormy sea was too violent for them, and they couldn't make it.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:14 JFB -> Commentary on 1:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:14 TSK -> Commentary on 1:14 TSK -> Entry for 1:14 WEN -> Notes on 1:14 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Converts; Jonah; Minister, Christian; Miracles; Prayer; Superstition EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:14 - [In Context] Then they cried out to the LORD, Jonah's God. "O LORD," they pleaded, "don't make us die for this man's sin. And don't hold us responsible for his death, because it isn't our fault. O LORD, you have sent this storm upon him for your own good reasons."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:15 JFB -> Commentary on 1:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:15 TSK -> Commentary on 1:15 TSK -> Entry for 1:15 WEN -> Notes on 1:15 NTB -> Jonah; Miracles; Superstition TTT -> Wind, The EBD -> Jonah, Book of 1:15 - [In Context] Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:16 JFB -> Commentary on 1:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:16 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:16 TSK -> Commentary on 1:16 TSK -> Entry for 1:16 WEN -> Notes on 1:16 NTB -> Converts; Conviction; Jonah; Minister, Christian; Miracles; Superstition; Thankfulness TTT -> Sacrifices; Vows EBD -> Jonah, Book of; Vows 1:16 - [In Context] The sailors were awestruck by the LORD's great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 1:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 1:17 JFB -> Commentary on 1:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:17 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:17 TSK -> Commentary on 1:17 TSK -> Entry for 1:17 WEN -> Notes on 1:17 NTB -> Fish; God (continued); Jonah; Miracles; Types TTT -> Types of Christ EBD -> Jonah, Book of; Whale 1:17 - [In Context] Now the LORD had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.