Jonah 1:17 – Jonah, Jesus, and Sacrifice

The Redeeming God Podcast · Apr 13, 2017 · 22m

It’s Easter week, and it just so happens that we are looking at Jonah 1:17 today, in which we read that Jonah spent three days in the belly of a fish. In Matthew 12:40, Jesus uses this event to talk about how He will spend three days in the grave.

The Text of Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

In this discussion of Jonah 1:17 we look at:

Whether or not the great fish was a whale

Whether the fish was deliverance or discipline

The parallels between Matthew 12:40 and Jonah 1:17

Whether or not God…