Jonás 1:15

15 Entonces los marineros tomaron a Jonás y lo lanzaron al mar embravecido, ¡y al instante se detuvo la tempestad!

Jonás 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.

Jonás 1:15 In-Context

13 Sin embargo, los marineros remaron con más fuerza para llevar el barco a tierra, pero la tempestad era tan violenta que no lo lograron.

14 Entonces clamaron al Señor
, Dios de Jonás: «Oh Señor
—le rogaron—, no nos dejes morir por el pecado de este hombre y no nos hagas responsables de su muerte. Oh Señor
, has enviado esta tormenta sobre él y solo tú sabes por qué».

15 Entonces los marineros tomaron a Jonás y lo lanzaron al mar embravecido, ¡y al instante se detuvo la tempestad!

16 Los marineros quedaron asombrados por el gran poder del Señor
, le ofrecieron un sacrificio y prometieron servirle.

17 Entre tanto, el Señor
había provisto que un gran pez se tragara a Jonás; y Jonás estuvo dentro del pez durante tres días y tres noches.