Jonah 1:12 (WEB)
He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.”
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Ought he not to have said, like Jonas, Take me, and cast me into the sea: for this storm is because of me?” — editor's note: Jonah i. 12.
Read the whole comment“But the one says, Take me, and cast me into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you; the other, Himself rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.” — editor's note: Jonah i. 12.
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Jerome
“Better would it be to imitate Jonah and say: “If it is for my sake that this great tempest is upon you, take me up and cast me forth into the sea.”” — editor's note: Jon. i. 12.
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