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Verse Jonah 1:3. _TO FLEE UNTO TARSHISH_] Some say _Tartessus_, in
Spain, near the straits of Gibralter, others, _Tarsus_, in _Cilicia_;
and others, _Taprobana_, or the island of Ceylon, formerly call...
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BUT (AND) JONAH ROSE UP TO FLEE ... FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD -
literally “from being before the Lord.” Jonah knew well, that man
could not escape from the presence of God, whom he knew as the
Sel...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
CHAPTER 1
The Commission of the Prophet ,His Disobedience, and the Consequences
_ 1. The commission (John 1:1) _
2. The disobedience (John 1:3)
3. The consequences (John...
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JONAH 1:1 TO JONAH 2:1; JONAH 2:10. JONAH VAINLY SEEKS TO EVADE THE
MISSION TO WHICH GOD APPOINTS HIM. Jonah is bidden by Yahweh to
proclaim judgment on Nineveh for its sin, but he hurries in the
oppo...
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ROSE UP TO FLEE. Jonah knew that Assyria was to be God's sword of
judgment against Israel. If Nineveh perished, Israel might be saved.
God's mercy might arrest this overthrow of Nineveh. Was this why...
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_Tarshish_ Probably Tartessus, an ancient mercantile city of the
Phœnicians, in the S. of Spain, of which the site is supposed to have
been "between the two arms by which the Guadalquivir flowed into...
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_ARISE; GO PREACH TO NINEVEH -- JONAH 1:1-3:_ God is concerned even
with the wickedness of heathen nations. So He commanded Jonah to
preach in Nineveh. Jonah, the son of Amittai, was a prophet of God...
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JONAH ROSE UP TO FLEE UNTO TARSHISH— Which, according to Josephus,
was _Tarsus,_ the capital of Cilicia. Others say _Tartessus_ in Spain.
_From the presence of the Lord,_ Houbigant reads, _Through fea...
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GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE CONTRARIETY OF JONAH
TEXT: Jonah 1:3-10
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But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah;
and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going...
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But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish:
so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with th...
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THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JONAH
2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For
its wickedness cp. Nahum 3.
3. Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he
hates the N...
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THE MAN WHO DISAGREED WITH GOD
JONAH
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
INTRODUCTION
The book does not say who wrote it. It is unlikely that Jonah was the
author. This is because the story is not very favourable...
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BUT JONAH ROSE UP TO FLEE. — The motive of the prophet’s flight is
given by himself (Jonah 4:2). He foresaw the repentance of the city,
and the mercy which would be displayed towards it, and was eithe...
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וַ יָּ֤קָם יֹונָה֙ לִ בְרֹ֣חַ
תַּרְשִׁ֔ישָׁה...
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THE GREAT REFUSAL
John 1:1
WE have now laid clear the lines upon which the Book of Jonah was
composed. Its purpose is to illustrate God's grace to the heathen in
face of His people's refusal to fulfi...
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FLEEING FROM GOD AND DUTY
John 1:1-16
Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25. He was clearly very patriotic,
and did not despair of his country in its darkest days. This
commission to Nineveh was theref...
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In narrating his own experience on his mission to Nineveh, Jonah
intended to teach his people the lesson of the inclusiveness of the
divine government, and thus to rebuke their exclusive attitude towa...
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But Jonah rose up to (d) flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD, and went down to (e) Joppa; and he found a ship going to
Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go...
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Tharsis. Which some take to be Tharsus of Cilicia, others to be
Tartessus of Spain, others to be Carthage. (Challoner) --- Joppe, now
Jaffa, (Menochius) a miserable seaport. (Haydock) --- It was forme...
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It is probable that this Tarshish was Tarsus, a sea-port in Israel.
But what an awful attempt in Jonah to run from the Lord, and how
foolish as well as presumptuous, the endeavour. Reader let not us b...
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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...
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Jonah the Sprinter
I. INTRODUCTION
A. This morning we begin the study of the book of Jonah!
1. This little book is only 4 Chapter s long, but filled with
spiritual truths!
2. There has also been m...
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Jonah now relates how he sought hiding-places, that he might withdraw
himself from the service of God; not that he deceived himself with
such a gross notion, as that he would be no longer under the po...
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Introduction to Jonah
Nineveh-which represents the world in its natural greatness, full of
pride and iniquity, regardless of God and of His authority-had
deserved the righteous judgment of God. This i...
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BUT JONAH ROSE UP TO FLEE UNTO TARSHISH FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE
LORD,.... He was not obedient to the heavenly vision; he rose up, but
not to go to Nineveh, but to Tarshish, the reverse of it; to the...
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But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD,
and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he
paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with the...
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_But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish_ It is not to be wondered at
that Jonah should be averse to undertake this mission. He probably
considered it as a dangerous one, and might be tempted to think...
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JONAH'S COMMISSION AND FLIGHT...
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But Jonah, instead of showing the proper obedience to the Lord, ROSE
UP TO FLEE UNTO TARSHISH, Tartessus in Spain, one of the westernmost
cities of the ancient world and always considered as lying on...
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BUT, Heb. _And_. JONAH ROSE UP: he was commanded to arise, JONAH 1:2,
so here Jonah did, but it was to run from his business, not to do it;
it was a rising against God. TO FLEE: whatever was the cause...
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‘But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of YHWH,
and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he
paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish...
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John 1:3
I. We cannot understand the conduct of Jonah fully. We cannot judge it
fairly without considering some things which seemed to him to be
reasons against compliance with the Divine call. (1) It...
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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...
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Jonah 1:1. 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. But Jonah rose
up...
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CONTENTS: Jonah's commission and effort to avoid God's will. Swallowed
by a great fish.
CHARACTERS: God, Jonah, seamen.
CONCLUSION: Men may be distinctly called of God to proclaim His
message, yet r...
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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. Jon...
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_Now the Word of the Lord came unto Jonah._
JONAH, THE RUNAWAY PROPHET
The commission may be viewed--
I. In its source. It is--
1. Supreme, as the Word of the Lord.
2. Peremptory; it is absolute,...
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_But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish._
THE REFUSAL TO OBEY A GOD-GIVEN CHARGE
Jonah sullenly resolved not to obey God’s voice. What a glimpse into
the prophetic office that gives us! The Divine S...
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PAYING THE FARE
He paid the fare thereof. Jonah 1:3.
A ship bound for Tarshish in Spain was just weighing anchor in the
harbour of Joppa when a little flustered man, very much out of breath,
tumbled...
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JONAH 1:1 Jonah’s Commissioning and Flight. This episode records
Jonah’s call to prophesy and his flight from that call. Two
questions drive the plot: (1) What will happen to the Ninevites? and
(2) Wh...
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JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 1:3 TARSHISH was somewhere in the western
Mediterranean—the opposite direction from Nineveh. FROM THE PRESENCE
OF THE LORD is repeated to emphasize Jonah’s reason for going to
Tars...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
JONAH 1:3. TARSHISH] Tartessus in Spain; others, Carthage; probably
Tarsus in Cilicia. PRESENCE] Lit. from being in the presence, _i.e._
from standing in the presence of the Lord as H...
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EXPOSITION
JONAH 1:1
Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT.
JONAH 1:1
§ 1. Jonah is sent to Nine
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CHAPTER III. JONAH'S BEHAVIOUR ON RECEIVING THE DIVINE COMMISSION, AND
THE EXTRAORDINARY MEANS TAKEN TO RECLAIM HIM FROM HIS BACKSLIDING
IF it seemed strange, at first sight, that Jonah should have re...
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Jonah
Now 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
wickedne...
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1 Corinthians 9:16; 1 Kings 19:3; 1 Kings 19:9; 2 Chronicles 2:16;...
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JONAH, THE BOOK OF DIVINE REVELATIONS
Jonah 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We want, as we enter into the Book of Jonah, to speak of its
historicity. There are many today who relegate this most marvelous
me...