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What is the important meaning in the story 'Jonah and the Whale'?
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1. Being angry at God's person and His grace to others isn't a reason for disobeying Him. Jonah 4:2
2. The book of Jonah prefigures the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
Luke 11:30: For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
Matt. 12:40: For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Luke 11:32: The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Alternate view (BTW, it wasn't a whale): God loves all persons, even one's enemies such as the people of Nineveh, and salvation is available to all persons.
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According to the story from the bible who was swallowed by a whale?
Jonah
What are the release dates for The Story of Jonah and the Whale - Sort of--- 2010?
The Story of Jonah and the Whale - Sort of--- 2010 was released on: USA: 23 October 2010 (New York City, New York)
What kind of whale swole johna blue or humpback whele?
Jonah could not have been swallowed by a whale at all. Whales have throats the size of a small melon (bigger for a blue whale), but incapable of swallowing a human. It is possible Jonah was swallowed by a shark! It is also possible that the story of Jonah and the whale was a parable, and not a true story, but one that got a point across!
What is the book of Jonah generally about?
It is the story of Jonah , who disobeyed god and went the other way and got swallowed by a whale , and was in the whales belly for thrre days , and thenwas thrownout on the sand.
Wasn't it Joan of Arc who got swallowed by a whale?
No. Joan of Arc was never swallowed by a whale. You are likely thinking of the Biblical Story of Jonah who was swallowed by a large fish.
In the Bible who is a whale of a guy?
This no doubt refers to the story of Jonah (in The Old Testament, the Book of Jonah) who tried to run away from God. He was swallowed by 'a great fish' but survived, eventually doing the errand God had prepared for him.The story of Jonah and the Whale is a well known story, but nowhere in scripture does it mention a whale but a 'Great Fish'. This is jusy another example fo the misconceptions that people have about familiar Bible stories (eg Eve never gave Adam an apple... Nowhere does it say there were three wise men at the stable... and so on!).
What kind of whale ate Jonah?
It was not a whale. The book of Jonah clearly staes that Jonah was swallowed by a big fish, and a whale is not a fish. We are not told what sort of fish it was. It is quite conceivable that, for the time frame that the story was written in, it could have been likely that the "big fish" was in fact a whale. To many people, scientific classification and terms did not apply, and even though a whale is indeed a mammal, it swims and lives in the ocean, which could have possibly led many to believe that it was a big fish.
Is Jonah mentioned in the New Testament?
Yes, Jonah is mentioned in the New Testament. Jesus refers to the story of Jonah in the Gospels, particularly in Matthew 12:39-41, to illustrate his coming death and resurrection.
Where is whale listed in the King James Bible?
The only reference to a whale in the bible that I am aware of is in the book of Jonah.I don't have a King James version to confirm that they do refer as the fish as a whale. I have a NIV version and it says that God provided a great fish.As a child I recall the story being told with Jonah being swallowed by a whale There are 4 references to 'whale' in the KJV Bible: Genesis 1.21 Job 7.12 Ezekiel 32.2 Matthew 12.40 In Jonah, the 'whale' is called 'a great fish' (Jonah 1.17), but Jesus calls it a whale (Matthew 12.40)
Allusion for Jonah and the big fish?
Story of Jonah and the large fish can be found in the book of Jonah in the Old Testament (Jonah 1:17 - 2:10). The book of Jonah is included in the collection of Twelve Minor Prophets from Hosea to Malachi.
What is the story of Jonah about?
It is the story of a minor prophet Jonah , God told him to go to Nineveh , but he ran from Gods command in the opposite way. But he was caught in a storm and was swallowed by a whale, he was in the belly for three days, then he was vomited o the dry land. In the end he went to Nineveh.
Did Jonah eat the fish after he spit out on shore?
it was a whale, so likely, it just swam awayAnswerNo. We are told in the Book of Jonah that a 'great fish' swallowed him, spitting him out three days later. There is a common misconception that it was a 'whale' as this is not mentioned at all in the Hebrew scriptures, nor do whales live in the seas surrounding the area where the story of Jonah was set. Many critics of this story believe it to be fiction as it would be impossible for Jonah (or anyone else) to be swallowed by a fish like this and survive. However, there have been several well-documented cases of sailors and others swallowed either by whale sharks (the largest species of fish in the world) and other large mammals such as whales, and surviving.Therefore, as such a fish would be very large, it would be impossible for Jonah to have 'eaten' it.
