Jonas 1:15

15 Em seguida, pegaram Jonas e o lançaram ao mar enfurecido, e este se aquietou.

Jonas 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.

Jonas 1:15 In-Context

13 Ao invés disso, os homens se esforçaram ao máximo para remar de volta à terra. Mas não conseguiram, porque o mar tinha ficado ainda mais violento.

14 Eles clamaram ao SENHOR: “SENHOR, nós suplicamos, não nos deixes morrer por tirarmos a vida deste homem. Não caia sobre nós a culpa de matar um inocente, porque tu, ó SENHOR, fizeste o que desejavas”.

15 Em seguida, pegaram Jonas e o lançaram ao mar enfurecido, e este se aquietou.

16 Tomados de grande temor ao SENHOR, os homens lhe ofereceram um sacrifício e se comprometeram por meio de votos.

17 O SENHOR fez com que um grande peixe engolisse Jonas, e ele ficou dentro do peixe três dias e três noites.