So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
"Through the defection of Jonah a ship’s crew acknowledges the Creator’s power, comes to the point of worshiping him, and acknowledges him as Lord. If this is the outcome of Jonah’s disobedience, what will God bring to pass as the result of Jonah’s obedience?" [Note: Baldwin, pp. 563-64.] 