> A great example is of Jonah, who fled God's calling and, as a consequence, was shipwrecked and eaten by a big fish (maybe a whale, but this isn't certain). But what about the other people on the ship? It's possible that they were also being punished for their own evil with the same shipwreck, but this is pure speculation.

Wait. I thought they threw Jonah overboard at his request? Let me look it up...

Jonah, Chapter One:

11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

So, anyway, they weren't shipwrecked, because Jonah recognized his sin, and knew how to fix it... and my baby is crying, gotta go!

Ticia