Jonah 1:14 meaning and explanation

So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”

Jonah 1:14, Berean Standard Bible

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The sailors are pagan men caught in a storm their own gods cannot calm. After Jonah tells them to throw him overboard, they first try to row back to land rather than kill him.

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