Giona 1:15

15 Poi presero Giona e lo gettarono in mare; e la furia del mare si calmò.

Giona 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jonah 1:15

So they took up, Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea
They took him out of the hold or cabin where he was, and brought him upon deck; they took him, not against his will, but with his full consent, and according to the direction and advice he gave them: "they", for there were more than one employed in this affair; one or more very probably took him by the legs, and others put their hands under his arm holes, and so threw him into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging;
immediately, and became a calm; and the wind also ceased from blowing, which is supposed; the end being answered by the storm, and the person found and obtained, what was sought after by it, it was still and quiet. The story the Jews ^F13 tell of his being let down into the sea to his knees, upon which the sea was calm, but became raging again upon his being taken up; and so, at the second time, to his navel; and the third time to his neck; is all fabulous; but he being wholly thrown in, it raged no more.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Pirke Eliezer, c. 10. fol. 10. 2.

Giona 1:15 In-Context

13 Nondimeno quegli uomini davan forte nei remi per ripigliar terra; ma non potevano, perché il mare si faceva sempre più tempestoso e minaccioso.

14 Allora gridarono all’Eterno, e dissero: "Deh, o Eterno, non lasciar che periamo per risparmiar la vita di quest’uomo, e non ci mettere addosso del sangue innocente; poiché tu, o Eterno, hai fatto quel che ti è piaciuto".

15 Poi presero Giona e lo gettarono in mare; e la furia del mare si calmò.

16 E quegli uomini furon presi da un gran timore dell’Eterno; offrirono un sacrifizio all’Eterno, e fecero dei voti.

17 (H2-1) E l’Eterno fece venire un gran pesce per inghiottir Giona; e Giona fu nel ventre del pesce tre giorni e tre notti.