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The Lord has a great fish swallow Jonah.  While Jonah is inside the fish, he prays to God admitting his sin.  After 3 days and nights, God has the fish vomit Jonah out.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 1:17 - 2:10</ref>

The Lord has a great fish swallow Jonah.  While Jonah is inside the fish, he prays to God admitting his sin.  After 3 days and nights, God has the fish vomit Jonah out.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 1:17 - 2:10</ref>

Eventually Jonah arrives at Nineveh and warns them of God's coming wrath.  They repent and God has compassion on them. <ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 3</ref> Jonah becomes angry that God would forgive Nineveh and not destroy them.  God causes a vine to grow and shield Jonah from the hot sun, then the next day he has the vine perish so the sun beats upon Jonah again.  Jonah is angry the vine and its shade are gone and tells God that he wishes to die.  God reminds Jonah that he is concerned over a vine that he did not tend or cause to grow, so how much more should God be concerned about 120,000 people who 'do not know their right hand from their left'? <ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 4</ref>

Eventually Jonah arrives at Nineveh and warns them of God's coming wrath.  They repent and God has compassion on them.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 3</ref> Jonah becomes angry that God would forgive Nineveh and not destroy them.  God causes a vine to grow and shield Jonah from the hot sun, then the next day he has the vine perish so the sun beats upon Jonah again.  Jonah is angry the vine and its shade are gone and tells God that he wishes to die.  God reminds Jonah that he is concerned over a vine that he did not tend or cause to grow, so how much more should God be concerned about 120,000 people who 'do not know their right hand from their left'? <ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 4</ref>

    

    

=== Jesus speaking on the story of Jonah ===

=== Jesus speaking on the story of Jonah ===

In both the Gospels of [[Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]], [[Jesus]] makes mention of the story of Jonah and applies the miracle of Jonah to his own coming miracle. {{cquote|MT ^12:39 <nowiki>[Jesus]</nowiki> answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. ⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32, </ref>}}

In both the Gospels of [[Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]], [[Jesus]] makes mention of the story of Jonah and applies the miracle of Jonah to his own coming miracle. {{cquote|MT ^12:39 <nowiki>[Jesus]</nowiki> answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. ⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32,</ref>}}

It is a common Christian understanding that the story of Jonah being in the belly of the fish is a prefiguring of the three days between the death and [[resurrection]] of Jesus Christ. <ref> http://www.answers.com/topic/typology-theology</ref> <ref> http://www.ctsfw.edu/library/files/pb/1253 </ref>

It is a common Christian understanding that the story of Jonah being in the belly of the fish is a prefiguring of the three days between the death and [[resurrection]] of Jesus Christ.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/typology-theology</ref><ref>http://www.ctsfw.edu/library/files/pb/1253</ref>

Some speculate that even though Jesus uses the story of Jonah to parallel His upcoming resurrection, that He still doesn't mean for the story of Jonah to be taken literally. <ref> http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/J/JONAH,+THE+BOOK+OF/ </ref>

Some speculate that even though Jesus uses the story of Jonah to parallel His upcoming resurrection, that He still doesn't mean for the story of Jonah to be taken literally.<ref>http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/J/JONAH,+THE+BOOK+OF/</ref>

=== Jewish thought on Jonah ===

=== Jewish thought on Jonah ===

Jewish thought of course does not tie in the story of Jonah to the life of Jesus, and has come up with other possible meanings.  Some believe it is a [[Midrash]] <ref> http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/bible/TO_Prophets_1460/TOLiteraryProphets/MinorProphets/JonahSimon.htm </ref> and some even a [[satire]] <ref> http://seminary.csl.edu/facultypubs/TheologyandPractice/tabid/87/ctl/Details/mid/494/ItemID/40/Default.aspx </ref>.

Jewish thought of course does not tie in the story of Jonah to the life of Jesus, and has come up with other possible meanings.  Some believe it is a [[Midrash]] <ref>http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/bible/TO_Prophets_1460/TOLiteraryProphets/MinorProphets/JonahSimon.htm</ref> and some even a [[satire]].<ref>http://seminary.csl.edu/facultypubs/TheologyandPractice/tabid/87/ctl/Details/mid/494/ItemID/40/Default.aspx</ref>

According to some rabbinical traditions, the great fish that swallowed Jonah had been created in the beginning for the purpose of swallowing Jonah.<ref>{{hnb|Ref=CITEREFHirschBuddeSchechter2002|Hirsch, Budde, and Schechter|2002}}</ref>   

According to some rabbinical traditions, the great fish that swallowed Jonah had been created in the beginning for the purpose of swallowing Jonah.<ref>{{hnb|Ref=CITEREFHirschBuddeSchechter2002|Hirsch, Budde, and Schechter|2002}}</ref>