Verse 17
prepared = appointed, or assigned. From Hebrew. mdndh, to number. Hence, to appoint, as in Job 7:3 .Daniel 1:5 ; Daniel 1:10-11 ; and Chaldee. mynah (Daniel 5:25 , Daniel 5:26 ). Compare Jonah 4:6-8 . Never means to create.
great fish. Large enough to swallow him. in Matthew 12:40 , Greek. kilos - any large marine monster; whence Cetacece -the mammalian order of fish. No need for any name. Compare Matthew 12:20 ; Matthew 16:4 .Luke 11:30 .
swallow up . . . belly. Not therefore kept alive in the fish ' s mouth, as some imagine. When thus swallowed up, Jonah must have died, and thus became a type of Christ. The "as" and "so" in Matthew 12:40 require Jonah's death. He would have been no type if he had been miraculously kept alive. See further notes below.
was = came to be.
belly = bowels.
three days and three nights. The Hebrew idiom "three days" can be used for parts of three days (and even of years): but not when the word "nights" is added. See Matthew 12:40 , and note the force of "as". See App-144 and App-156 .
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