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NASB | Matthew 12:40 for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:40 for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. [Jon 1:17] |
Subject: Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? |
Bible Note: Before we attempt to discredit the ability of a fish to swallow a man, "we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it" (see Hebrews 2:1). So, then, let us pay much closer attention to the text of Jonah 1:17: "And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights." What part of this text is hard to understand? And what should one do with a text like that? Believe it! God sovereignly prepared (appointed) a great fish to rescue Jonah. Jesus did not teach the story of Jonah as a parable or an allegory but as an actual account firmly rooted in history. See Matthew 12:38-41; 16:4; Luke 11:29-32. Is it really too large a task for God, who spoke the universe into existence, to appoint a big fish capable of swallowing a man? Come, come. Are we to lean on our puny understanding or trust in the power of almighy God and take Him at His word? --Hank |