Jonah 1:6 meaning and explanation
The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
Jonah 1:6, Berean Standard Bible
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The storm has terrified the pagan sailors, each crying to his own god, while Jonah sleeps below deck. The captain, likely a Phoenician or other non-Israelite, wakes him with a sharp rebuke and a plea: call on your God, perhaps he will notice us and we will not die.
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