A dictionary of the . The difficulty with the book is thestory of the great fish. The miracle isnot that he was swallowed by a fish—for horses have been found whole in thebellies of sharks—but that he was keptalive within it for three days. But thismiracle receives the strongest possibleconfirmation to a Christian from the usemade of it by our Lord, who sees in it atype of the resurrection. Matt. 12: 39-41;16 : 4. He also refers to the preaching ofJonah. Luke 11 : 29-32. Jonah, the Book of consists of twoparts: I. Jonahs commission, refusal,and miraculous escape from death; hisprayer i
A dictionary of the . The difficulty with the book is thestory of the great fish. The miracle isnot that he was swallowed by a fish—for horses have been found whole in thebellies of sharks—but that he was keptalive within it for three days. But thismiracle receives the strongest possibleconfirmation to a Christian from the usemade of it by our Lord, who sees in it atype of the resurrection. Matt. 12: 39-41;16 : 4. He also refers to the preaching ofJonah. Luke 11 : 29-32. Jonah, the Book of consists of twoparts: I. Jonahs commission, refusal,and miraculous escape from death; hisprayer in the great fish. Chs. land 2, second commission, obedience, therepentance of the Ninevites, and Jonahshard spirit. The book is variously re-garded ; it has been called a fiction, amyth, a parable, but it is history, as isproven by its place in the Jewish canon,472 and by Christs use of it, as alreadyquoted. Some infidels went so far asto deny there was a city called Nineveh,but all such objectors have been grandly. Traditional Tomb of Jonah. silenced by the excavations of Layard,Botta, and others, which have causedthis old city on the Tigris to live again. The lesson of the book is that Godsprovidence and his mercy extend beyondthe covenant people unto the Jonah was at first the narrow-est of Jews, his book is the most catholicin the 0. T. It approaches most nearlythe catholicity of Christianity. JONAN (whom Jehovah bestoics),son of Eliakim, in the genealogy ofChrist. Luke 3 : 30. JONAS. 1. The Greek form ofJonah. Matt. 12 : 39-41 j 16 : 4; Luke11 : 30-32. 2. The father of Peter and Andrew,John 21: 15-17 ; called also Jona, 1: 42. JONATHAN (ivhorn Jehovah gave).1. A Gershonite Levite who became byrequest the priest of Micah and after-ward went with the Danites to Laish,where he and his posterity were 17:7-13 and 18. 2. The son of Saul, and distinguishedfor piety and valor. He and his armor-bearer, being encouraged by an intima-tion fro
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