John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jonah 1:17
Jon 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Ver. 17. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish ] A whale, Matthew 12:40 , which is a great fish indeed. Pliny tells of one taken that was six hundred feet in length, and three hundred and sixty in breadth; when they swim and show themselves above water, annare insulas putes, saith the same author, you would think them to be so many islands. So many... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Jonah 1:17
John 1:17And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.The crux of the miracleThe real miracle was that Jonah should survive so long in his strange prison. “That violates the laws of nature.” But let us once understand Christ’s profound saying about a Father who “worketh hitherto” (John 5:17), that is, who has never taken His hand from off the thing which He has created, but is ceaselessly active and operative in His creation. Once let us understand that all force, in the... read more