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Jonah 1:6 Cross-References

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So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

Jonah 1:6 (KJV)

Commentary on Jonah 1:6

"So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not." The pagan captain rebukes God's prophet—stunning role reversal. The question "What meanest thou, O sleeper?" expresses shock at Jonah's indifference. The command "arise, call upon thy God" assumes Jonah has special access to deity. The phrase "if so be that God will think upon us" (Hebrew 'ulay yit'asheth ha-'Elohim lanu) means "perhaps God will give us a thought"—desperate hope that Jonah's God might intervene. The irony is rich:...

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