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William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:17

John 1:17 We have no external history of the days spent by the prophet in his living grave. Neither he nor anyone else can tell how far he travelled, how long he rested, what were the aspects of the scenery, how many "small and great beasts" were met on the journey that strange but fruitful journey "through the paths of the seas." But we have a very intense and clear history of his inward life. I. There was evidently a great and sudden quickening of consciousness. The man who speaks in this... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Jonah 1:6

DISCOURSE: 1198JONAH REPROVED BY THE MARINERSJohn 1:6. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.PERHAPS in all the sacred records there is not to be found a more strange and inconsistent character than the Prophet Jonah. That he was on the whole a good man, we have every reason to believe: but his spirit was on many occasions so contrary to what we might have expected to... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Jonah 1:1

SCOFIELD REFERENCE NOTES (Old Scofield 1917 Edition) Book Introduction The Book of Jonah The historical character of the man Jonah is vouched for by Jesus Christ Matthew 12:39-41 as also that his preservation in the great fish was a "sign" or type of the Lord's own entombment and resurrection. Both are miraculous and both are equally credible. 2 Kings 14:25 records the fulfilment of a prophecy by Jonah. The man himself was a bigoted Jew, unwilling to testify to a Gentile city, and angry that... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Jonah 1:17

great fish No miracle of Scripture has called forth so much unbelief. The issue is not between the doubter and this ancient record, but between the doubter and the Lord Jesus Christ. Matthew 12:39; Matthew 12:40. Science, "falsely so called" 1 Timothy 6:20 failing to take account of the fact that it deals only with the outward phenomena of a fallen race, and of an earth under a curse Genesis 3:17-19 is intolerant of miracles. To faith, and to true science, miracle is what might be expected of... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Jonah 1:5-6

What Meanest Thou, O Sleeper? September 14th, 1862 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not." Jonah 1:5-6 . Of all the men in the ship, Jonah was the person who ought most to have been awake; but nevertheless, he was not only asleep, but fast asleep; all the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

JonahNow we come to that interesting prophet Jonah.Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me ( Jonah 1:1-2 ).Nineveh, a great city; in fact, the historians say was the largest city in the ancient world. There is a reference later on in Jonah to Nineveh being three-days' journey. What is meant by that is that it took three days to walk through Nineveh. So going from one... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 1:1-17

Jonah 1:1 . The word of the Lord came to Jonah. The word of prophecy, delivered by Christ, the preëxistent Word, as appears from his reasoning with the prophet when angry that Nineveh was spared. Jonah was born at Gath-hepher, and was the eldest of the twelve minor prophets. He was contemporary with Hosea, Joel, and Amos, which shows that he lived to a great age. His father, Amittai, is named because he was a man of note and honour. Of his birth and residence we know nothing more. Some of... read more

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