-
Verse Jonah 3:4. _YET FORTY DAYS_] Both the _Septuagint_ and _Arabic_
read _three_ days. Probably some early copyist of the _Septuagint_,
from whom our modern editions are derived, mistook the Greek...
-
AND JONAH BEGAN TO ENTER THE CITY A DAY’S JOURNEY - Perhaps the
day’s journey enabled him to traverse the city from end to end, with
his one brief, deep cry of woe; “Yet forty days and Nineveh
overthr...
-
CHAPTER 3
Jonah Preaching in Nineveh
_ 1. The repeated commission and Jonah's obedience (John 3:1) _
2. The repentance and salvation of Nineveh (John 3:4)
John 3:1. And now after Jonah's death and...
-
JONAH 3. THE NINEVITES REPENT AT THE PREACHING OF JONAH. When the
prophet is bidden a second time to carry God's message to Nineveh, he
knows that it is useless to disobey. Accordingly he takes the ti...
-
A. one cried. See note on "preach", Jonah 3:2.
FORTY. The number of probation. See App-10....
-
_And Jonah began to enter into the city_ Calvin well brings out the
moral grandeur of the scene which this verse so simply and briefly
describes; the promptitude of Jonah's action, in entering without...
-
Jonah 3:1-10. Jonah's Preaching and its result
Sent a second time by God on a mission to Nineveh, Jonah promptly
obeys, Jonah 3:1 _a_. He enters into Nineveh and delivers his message,
Jonah 3:3;...
-
_THE PEOPLE OF NINEVEH REPENTED-- JONAH 3:4-5:_ Jonah went a day's
journey into the city of Nineveh and then began his preaching. It
sounds as if he reached the thickly populated part of town and then...
-
YET FORTY DAYS, &C.— In most of the threats of God, there is always
a condition expressed or understood. It is expressed Jeremiah 18:8. It
is understood in the passage before us....
-
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING WITH GODTHE CRY FOR REPENTANCE
TEXT: Jonah 3:4
4
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried,
and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthr...
-
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried,
and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
A DAY'S JOURNEY - not going straight forward without stopping: for
t...
-
REPENTANCE AND PARDON OF THE NINEVITES
3. An exceeding great city] lit. 'great unto God,' i.e. regarded as
great by God: cp. Genesis 10:1.
OF THREE DAYS' JOURNEY] i.e. in breadth.
8. Even the cattle...
-
THE MAN WHO DISAGREED WITH GOD
JONAH
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 3
V1 Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time. V2 ‘Get up and go to
the great city of Nineveh. Tell them the message that I shall...
-
AND JONAH BEGAN TO ENTER INTO THE CITY A DAY’S JOURNEY. — This is
apparently equivalent to _And Jonah entered the city, and walked for a
day through it._ To enter on a minute inquiry as to whether his...
-
וַ יָּ֤חֶל יֹונָה֙ לָ בֹ֣וא בָ †...
-
THE REPENTANCE OF THE CITY
John 3:1
HAVING learned, through suffering, his moral kinship with the
‘heathen, and having offered his life for some of them, Jonah
receives a second command to go to Nine...
-
A REPENTANT CITY
John 3:1-10
Peter was not only forgiven, but restored to his office; so also was
Jonah again sent to Nineveh. Thank God for our second chances! There
was no hesitancy this time. The...
-
Immediately Jonah was again charged to go to Nineveh. There is a fine
revelation of the patient grace of God toward His servant in the
statement, "The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time....
-
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's (c) journey, and he
cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
(c) He went forward one day in the city and preached, and so he
co...
-
Journey. He records what he said the first day, though he seems to
have preached many (Theodoret) even during forty days, after which
time (Haydock) he expected the city would fall, and therefore reti...
-
According to all historians, this city was greater than Babylon, and
yet in gross darkness respecting divine things. Reader! think of the
mercies of our land! And then stand amazed at the wonderful su...
-
Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The most cursory reader can hardly avoid seeing that Jonah has a
peculiar place among the prophets. There is none more intensely
Jewish; yet his prophecy was...
-
Jonah the Suicidal Evangelist
I. INTRODUCTION
A. In our last study of Jonah we limited ourselves to chapter 3 verses
1-2 - Jonah 3:1-2 (NASB) Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the
second time,...
-
Jonah here relates what had briefly been said before, — that he went
to Nineveh according to the command of God. He shows then how
faithfully he executed the duty enjoined on him, and thus obeyed the...
-
And now the second testimony begins. All that Israel could have been,
all that belonged to man as responsible in himself, as far as
testimony was concerned, has failed for ever. Christ Himself, the
fa...
-
AND JONAH BEGAN TO ENTER INTO THE CITY A DAY'S JOURNEY,.... As soon as
he came to it, he did not go into an inn, to refresh himself after his
wearisome journey; or spend his time in gazing upon the ci...
-
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried,
and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Ver. 4. _And Jonah began to enter into the city_] Having seen God he
n...
-
_And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey_ That is, he
proceeded into the city as far as he could go in a day. _And he cried,
Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown_ The threat i...
-
JONAH'S MESSAGE TO THE NINEVITES AND ITS RESULTS.
The disobedient prophet had received a severe lesson at the hand of
God, but he now profited by this lesson and was ready to undertake the
commission...
-
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, he commenced
his trip through the various centers comprising the larger city,
preaching wherever he found a suitable place and a fitting
opportu...
-
1-4 God employs Jonah again in his service. His making use of us is
an evidence of his being at peace with us. Jonah was not disobedient,
as he had been. He neither endeavoured to avoid hearing the c...
-
The former verse gives us intelligence of Jonah's arrival at Nineveh;
now, so soon as come, he preacheth. JONAH BEGAN TO ENTER INTO THE CITY
A DAY'S JOURNEY, AND HE CRIED, AND SAID; to walk through an...
-
Jonah 3:4 Jonah H3124 began H2490 (H8686) enter H935 (H8800) city
H5892 first H259 days H3117 walk...
-
‘And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he
cried, and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.”
'
Jonah entered the city, presumably Nineveh itself, and walked a sho...
-
A CHANGED JONAH OBEYS GOD AND GOES TO NINEVEH PROCLAIMING ITS
OVERTHROW WITHIN FORTY DAYS, WITH THE RESULT THAT (TO JONAH'S CHAGRIN)
NINEVEH REPENTS (JONAH 3:1).
Jonah was no longer rebellious. He had...
-
JONAH 1-4
Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ.
I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among
different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the
similitude of the pro...
-
Jonah 3:1. _And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time,
saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it
the preaching that I bid thee._
There is no preaching like th...
-
CONTENTS: Jonah's second commission. Ninevah's repentance because of
his obedience.
CHARACTERS: God, Jonah, King of Nineveh.
CONCLUSION: Those who would not destroy their souls must afflict their
so...
-
Jonah 3:4. _Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown._ The LXX
read “three days,” and they are followed by most of the Greek
fathers. But three days is thought to be an error of the scribe, for...
-
_Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown._
THE KNELL OF NINEVEH
Sardanapalus puts off his jewelled array, and puts on mourning, and
the whole city goes down on its knees, and street cries to...
-
JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 3:3 Jonah and the Pagan Ninevites. The fifth
episode parallels the second (Jonah 1:4) and focuses on how the pagan
Ninevites, just like the pagan sailors, respond
-
JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 3:4 YET FORTY DAYS, AND NINEVEH SHALL BE
OVERTHROWN! Although the warning sounds like a promise, a condition
was implied. If the people repent, God will relent (see v. Jona
-
CRITICAL NOTES.]
JONAH 3:5. BELIEVED] Lit. _in_ God, in his word; trusted in him.
SACKCLOTH] The attire of deep mourning, irritating to the body.
Fasting and sackcloth customary in humiliation (1 King...
-
CRITICAL NOTES.]
JONAH 3:3. WENT] I am made wiser by correction. GREAT CITY] Lit. great
to God. Some great _through_ God, _i.e._ through his favour; others
great before God. “It was most natural to re...
-
EXPOSITION
JONAH 3:1
Part III. JONAH'S PREACHING IN NINEVEH; THE REPENTANCE OF THE
NINEVITES.
Jonah 3:1
-
CHAPTER VI. THE NEW COMMISSION GIVEN TO JONAH, AND THE WONDERFUL
RESULTS THAT FLOWED FROM ITS EXECUTION
THE sojourn of Jonah for a time in the deep waters, and his singular
experience there, having be...
-
So the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the
preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh
(Jonah 3...
-
ON TO NINEVEH
Jonah 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Our opening verse says, "The Word of the Lord came unto Jonah the
second time." These words bring to us the thought of a second chance.
We are reminded...
-
Shall be overthrown — The threat is express. But there was a reserve
with God, on condition of repentance....