The King James version says in the book of Jonah that the prophet was swallowed by a great fish then about years later, Jesus mentioned that Jonah was in the belly of a whale in Matthew Some ask why is there a difference in these two references?
The difference lies in the English translation made nearly 1, years after Jesus spoke these words. About years before Jesus spoke of Jonah being swallowed by a ketos Matthew , translators of the Septuagint the Greek translation of the Old Testament used this same Greek word ketos to translate the Hebrew word dahg , fish found in Jonah , , and Both dahg and ketos refer to sea creatures of undefined species.
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Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B. The account, in fact, says as much:. 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. And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. God was certainly able to accomplish this if He wished; to deny the possibility of miracles is Atheism. The actual occurrence of this particular miracle is adequately attested by the very fact of its record in the Holy Scriptures , and is doubly confirmed by the testimony of Christ.
In this chapter we have, I. A command given to Jonah to preach at Nineveh v. The pursuit and arrest of him for that disobedience by a storm, in which he was asleep v. The discovery of him, and his disobedience, to be the cause of the storm v. The casting of him into the sea, for the stilling of the storm v. The miraculous preservation of his life there in the belly of a fish v.
In the midst of judgment God remembers mercy. Jonah shall be worse frightened than hurt, not so much punished for his sin as reduced to his duty. Though he flees from the presence of the Lord, and seems to fall into his avenging hands, yet God has more work for him to do, and therefore has prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah v. This fish was prepared, lay ready underwater close by the ship, that he might keep Jonah from sinking to the bottom, and save him alive, though he deserved to die.
Let us stand still and see this salvation of the Lord, and admire his power, that he could thus save a drowning man, and his pity, that he would thus save one that was running from him and had offended him.
The fish swallowed up Jonah, not to devour him, but to protect him. Out of the eater comes forth meat; for Jonah was alive and well in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, not consumed by the heat of the animal, nor suffocated for want of air.
It is granted that to nature this was impossible, but not to the God of nature, with whom all things are possible.
Excerpt from Matthew Henry's Commentary. Plus Toggle navigation. Password Assistance. Email address. Jonah and the Whale - Bible Story. Bible Articles Videos Audio. Share Tweet Save. Jonah 1. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.
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