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A prophet in the Book of Jonah famous for being swallowed by a great fish.   

A prophet in the Book of Jonah famous for being swallowed by a great fish.   

== Jonah's call to prophesy ==

== Jonah's call to prophesy ==

God orders Jonah to prophesy to the city of Nineveh.<ref>JNH 1:2</ref>  Jonah attempts to avoid God's command by going to Joppa and sailing to Tarshish.<ref>JNH 1:3-4</ref>  A huge storm arises.<ref>JNH 1:4-6</ref>  The sailors realized this was no ordinary storm, cast lots, and learn that Jonah is to blame.<ref>JHN 1:7</ref>  Jonah admits this,<ref>JNH 1:9-11</ref> and states that if he is thrown overboard, the storm will cease.<ref>JHN 1:12</ref>  The sailors eventually throw him overboard, and the seas calmed,<ref>JNH 1:15</ref> and the sailors worshiped the LORD.<ref>JHN 1:16</ref>

God orders Jonah to prophesy to the city of Nineveh.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JNH 1:2</ref>  Jonah attempts to avoid God's command by going to Joppa and sailing to Tarshish.<ref>JNH 1:3-4</ref>  A huge storm arises.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JNH 1:4-6</ref>  The sailors realized this was no ordinary storm, cast lots, and learn that Jonah is to blame.<ref>JHN 1:7</ref>  Jonah admits this,<ref>JNH 1:9-11</ref> and states that if he is thrown overboard, the storm will cease.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 1:12</ref>  The sailors eventually throw him overboard, and the seas calmed,<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JNH 1:15</ref> and the sailors worshiped the LORD.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 1:16</ref>

Jonah is miraculously swallowed by a large fish, where he survived for three days and nights.<ref>JHN 1:17</ref>  While in the great fish, Jonah prays to God and asks forgiveness and thanks God for being so forgiving, and, as a result, God commands the fish to vomit Jonah out.<ref>JHN 2</ref>

Jonah is miraculously swallowed by a large fish, where he survived for three days and nights.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 1:17</ref>  While in the great fish, Jonah prays to God and asks forgiveness and thanks God for being so forgiving, and, as a result, God commands the fish to vomit Jonah out.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, JHN 2</ref>

== Historicity and facticity ==

== Historicity and facticity ==

According the the ''Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties'', Jesus completely accepted the facticity of Jonah's sojourn in the belly of a fish.<ref>{{hnb|Archer|1982}}</ref>  For example, in the book of Matthew and Luke, Jesus stated that he would repeat the miracle of Jonah:   

According the the ''Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties'', Jesus completely accepted the facticity of Jonah's sojourn in the belly of a fish.<ref>{{hnb|Archer|1982}}</ref>  For example, in the book of Matthew and Luke, Jesus stated that he would repeat the miracle of Jonah:   

{{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. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here..."<ref>MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32, </ref>}}

{{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. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here..."<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32, </ref>}}

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