Then they cried out–
“Please, O Lord, we pray, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life – for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.” So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.
Jonah Cast into the Sea, Jonah I:15.
J. H. Hartley (English, 1920-1940)
Illustration for The Bible Story by James Baikie (A&C Black, 1923).