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LXX Jonah

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Chapter 1

1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness has come up to me.⁠ 3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. 4 And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken. 5 And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them.⁠ But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.⁠ 6 And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why do you snore? arise, and call upon your God, that God may save us, and we do not perish.⁠ 7 And each man said to his neighbor, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 8 And they said to him, Tell us, for whose sake is this mischief upon us? what is your occupation, and from where do you come, and of what country and what people are you? 9 And he said to them, I am a servant of the Lord;⁠ and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea, and the dry land. 10 Then the men feared exceedingly, and said to him, What is this that you have done? for the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them. 11 And they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly. 12 And Jonah said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 13 And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them. 14 And they cried to the Lord, and said, Forbid it, Lord: let us not perish for the sake of this man's life, and do not bring righteous blood upon us: for you, Lord, have done as you would. 15 So they took Jonah, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging. 16 And the men feared the Lord very greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows.

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Compare LXX Jonah 1:5 and Acts 27:18

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Summary

In Jonah, panicked sailors throw cargo overboard to lighten the ship in a violent storm. Acts echoes this during Paul’s shipwreck, alluding to Jonah’s voyage to heighten the sense of crisis in the narrative.

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LXX Jonah 1:5

Septuagint
4 And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken. 5 And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored. 6 And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why do you snore? arise, and call upon your God, that God may save us, and we do not perish.
100–1 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX Jonah

Acts 27:18

New Testament
17 After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along. 18 The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard, 19 and on the third day they threw the ship’s gear overboard with their own hands.
70–90 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in Acts

References

... The fury of the storm forced the crew to begin jettisoning cargo or equipment. These verses do not necessarily conflict with verse 38. The imperfect “began to jettison” does not imply completion. An owner would not wish to discard any more valuable cargo than necessary. One must guess at the meaning of the Greek word in verse 19. “Spare tackle” is reasonable. The language of verses 18–19 is somewhat repetitious, however, lending force to the view that the narrator has decided that this is a moment to evoke Jonah. This is not merely an allusion to Jonah 1:5, “They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea.” The object is to recall Jonah’s “death and resurrection.” The verse emphasizes the “passion” reference through the use of darkness/night as a symbol for death. Specifically, the loss of light recalls the darkness that shrouded the crucifixion of Jesus (Luke 23:44–45). The apocalyptic background indicates that a crisis is at hand ...
Richard I. Pervo, Acts: A Commentary (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009), 658–659.

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