Jonah 1:15 (KJV)

Passage

So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

Nearby Context

Jonah 1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

Jonah 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

Jonah 1:15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

Jonah 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "took", "jonah", "cast", "forth", "ceased", and "raging". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "took" and "jonah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Wherefore they cried unto the LORD and..." into verse 16's "Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly...", so "took" and "jonah" belong inside that flow. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "took" and "jonah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.