What did the sailors of the ship Jonah was on do to increase their chances of survival?
A. Threw the cargo overboard
B. Threw Jonah overboard
C. Threw some mariners overboard
D. Threw all mariners overboard
E.
Answer: A
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. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. Jonah 1:5