John MacArthur says in his introductory notes on the book of Jonah that
"According to 2Kings 14:25 Jonah came from Gath-hepher near Nazareth. The context places him during the long and prosperous reign of Jeroboam 2 (ca.793-753BC) , making him a prophet to the northern tribes jujst prior to Amos .... ca. 760BC. ....Ninevah's repentance may have been aided by the two plagues (765 and 759BC) and a solar eclipse (763BC), preparing them for Jonah's judgement message."
Even though Assyria was a gentile (or non-jewish) nation, it's capital city of Ninevah repented in fear of God's judgement, whereas Jerusalem - the capital city of God's nation of Israel - did not repent. Jerusalem was destroyed by the Assyrians and its people taken captive in 722BC. In The Bible 'forty years' has special significence: it is used for the length of periods of God's favour or punishment, of warnings of future punishment, and a grace period of 40 years in which to repent of their sins to escape that prophesied future punishment. Nineva did. Jerusalem didn't.
Psalms 95
10Fortyyearslong was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Jonah was not in Israel, but his contemporary in Israel was Amos who warned Israel of their coming judgement.
Amos 5
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wildernessfortyyears, O house of Israel?
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch [ Mesopotamian star god] and Chiun [the Mesopotamian god Kayamanu, or Saturn] your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Jonah told Ninevah it was going to be judged, but they repented and it therefore didn't happen. Amos told Jerusalem it was going to be judged, but they didn't repent and therefore it did happen.
That was in 722BC. This means Jonah would have prophesied to Ninevah forty years earlier in 762BC. He had been swallowed by the big fish only 3 days and 3 nights previously before repenting (I don't think it would have taken him long to decide!) and then being vomited onto the beach near Ninevah, Therefore Jonah would have been swallowed in 762BC.
Likewise, Christ said we must all repent or we will suffer judgement as well:-
Luke 13
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloamfell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
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Jonah?As in Jonah and the whale?Jonah 1:17 - Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. [NKJV]
Jonah was in the stomach of a 'great fish' - assumed by many to be a whale - for three days and three nights.
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.
he got swallowed by a whale aka big fish
it was in the book of jonah when he was swallowed by a big fish for three days
They were both Jewish men. Jonah, when he was swallowed by the fish was running from God. He was disobedient to God's orders. Jesus was just the opposite.
No one was swallowed by a "whale" in The Bible. This is a mistranslation and is probably one important reason why many people find the account ridiculous.The account being referred to is presumably that involving the prophet Jonah, found in the Book of Jonah in the Old Testament, and referred to, briefly, in the New Testament:According to the original account (in the Book of Jonah}, Jonah was swallowed by a gadol dag, a 'great fish' (Jonah 1:17), and in the Book of Matthew we are told that he was swallowed by a kitos, a 'great sea monster' (Matthew 12:40).
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.