The Hebrews of Jesus’s time didn’t just appreciate the prophet — they honored him. So, when Jesus compared himself to Jonah, it was a sharp jab: “For as Jonah was three days and three ...

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Why Jonah is a prophet for our time (RNS) — When the unwilling prophet blames God for his woes, God answers by trolling Jonah. An illustration of the prophet Jonah and the giant fish.

In the end, the fish spews Jonah out on dry land, at Nineveh, the very place that Jonah had hesitated to go. And so, Jonah is reborn to fulfill his responsibility, however grudgingly.

Jonah is a prophet for today (RNS) — God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza. An illustration of the prophet Jonah and the giant fish.

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The Prophet Yunis is widely regarded as the Islamic version of the prophet perhaps more commonly referred to in the Bible as Jonah. Jonah was famously swallowed by a whale or a fish, depending on ...

Jonah praises God for rescuing him from death, but he is not happy when God again tells him to go to Nineveh, but this time he goes. When he arrives in Nineveh, Jonah announces that in 40 days the ...

Jonah was the worst prophet. In the last chapter of the book that bears his name, Jonah discovers that because of his preaching, Nineveh repented and God decided not to destroy the city like Jonah ...

Jonah* Mr. Nathan Sees a Figure in the Desert The Story. Jonah the prophet lived in the desert, daily companioned by such birds and beasts as lions, mice, gazelles and ravens, lying down at night ...

Jonah is the only Israelite prophet to preach to Gentiles, and the only prophet who clearly hates his job. And yet Jews read the book on their holiest day of the year because of its message of ...