rsv Jonah:1:12-15
rsv@Jonah:1:12 @ He said to them, "Take me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you; for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you."
rsv@Jonah:1:13 @ Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship back to land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
rsv@Jonah:1:14 @ Therefore they cried to the LORD, "We beseech thee, O LORD, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood; for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee."
rsv@Jonah:1:15 @ So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.