![]() ![]() To Jonah the Lord spoke, saying: 'Go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it for its wickedness rises up before me. He included not only the fact that the prophet spent three days in the belly of the fish, but also confirmed that the city of Nineveh repented at his preaching. The Story of Jonah and the Whale The Wonder Book of Bible Stories Logan Marshall At this time another prophet, named Jonah, was giving the word of the Lord to the Israelites. The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah and behold, a greater than Jonah is here” (Matthew 12:38-41).Ĭlearly, Jesus accepted this story as an accurate description of a real, historical event. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet: for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. But Jonah did not drown, because God sent a whale (large fish) to. So, he asked the sailors to throw him into the sea. “Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee. Jonah knew that God had caused the storm. ![]() To some, the story of Jonah finds a place in the Scriptures, not as a factual narrative but as a myth or allegory. ![]() Then God forgave Jonah and the fish returned him onto the land. For three days, Jonah dwelt in the creature’s belly, until he repented. The story of Jonah and the whale, according to the Old Testament Scriptures, God’s prophet Jonah disobeyed the Lord and was swallowed by a great sea creature. ![]()
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