Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 197
? 190 "But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. " (In ancient times there used to be sail ships which could not carry heavy cargo; whenever a storm would come and the ship would be in danger of sinking, they would throw overboard part of the cargo to lighten its weight). "But Jonah was gone down into the side of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. " (While the other people prayed and lightened the burden of the boat, Jonah, lay asleep inside). “So, the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. And they said everyone to this fellow. Come and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil upon us. So, they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah, Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? And whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew. " (Incidentally, we would like to point out here that this statement of the Bible is incorrect. Jonah was not an Hebrew; he was a Prophet of another race, for, he was sent to the people of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria and its inhabitants were Assyrians. Assyria is a is