From Nave’s Topical Bible
Jonah
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 12Passages listed
- 4Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Also called JONAS
- A prophet of Israel2 Kings 14:25
- Sent by God to warn the city of NinevehJonah 1:1Jonah 1:2
- Disobedience and punishment ofJonah 1:3–17
- Repentance and deliverance ofJonah 2Matthew 12:40
- Brought Ninevites to repentanceJonah 3Matthew 12:41
- Displeased with God's mercy to Nineveh -ReprovedJonah 1:4
- Is a signMatthew 16:4Luke 11:29Luke 11:30
The passages, in Bible order (12)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 12 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- 2 Kings 14:25
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
Commentary on 2 Kings 14:252 voices
"In the fifteenth year of King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah, King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel began to reign in Samaria; he reigned forty-one years. He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according …
Ephrem the Syrian· ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 14:23, 373Patristic
"He restored the boundaries of Israel from the entrance of Hamath, etc." [2 Kings 14:25] It is said of Jeroboam, king of Israel: He restored the boundaries of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah. Hamath, which is now called …
Bede· Questions on the Book of Kings #22, 735Patristic
- Jonah 1:1
Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
Commentary on Jonah 1:12 voices
"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." Apart from that which the Septuagint translates as, "the noise of their wickedness has risen up even to me", it has translated the rest similarly. Jonah is sent to the gentiles to condemn Israel, because Nineveh had to repent, but the Israelites still persisted in their sin.
Jerome· Commentary on Jonah, Chapter 1, 420Patristic
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jonah 1:2
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
Commentary on Jonah 1:22 voices
"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." Apart from that which the Septuagint translates as, "the noise of their wickedness has risen up even to me", it has translated the rest similarly. Jonah is sent to the gentiles to condemn Israel, because Nineveh had to repent, but the Israelites still persisted in their sin.
Jerome· Commentary on Jonah, Chapter 1, 420Patristic
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,.... That is, arise from the place where he was, and leave the business he was about, and prepare for a long journey to the place mentioned, and be as expeditious in it as possible.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jonah 1:3–17
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
Commentary on Jonah 1:3–172 voices
"But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD." The Septuagint here is similar. The prophet knows by an inspiration of the Holy Spirit, that the repentance of the people is the destruction of the Jews. In this situation it is not that he is trying to save Nineveh, but that moreover he does not want to see it destroyed. In another place Moses prays for his people: "if you can spare them this sin, spare them; if not, erase me from your book that you have written" [Ex.
Jerome· Commentary on Jonah, Chapter 1, 420Patristic
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 sea, as the Targum, the Mediterranean sea, which lay west, as Nineveh was to the east.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jonah 1:4
Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
Commentary on Jonah 1:42 voices
But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea,.... He took a wind out of his treasures, and hurled it, as the word (w) signifies, into the sea: "into that sea" (x); that part of it where the ship was Jonah was in. Winds are at the command of God, which he raises at his pleasure, and fulfil his will, and are servants of his that obey his orders: this here was sent in pursuit of Jonah, to stop him in his voyage, when he thought he had got clear off, and was safe enough.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
"But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken." LXX: "and the Lord induced a great wind over the sea and a great storm was over the sea, and the boat threatened to break up." The flight of the prophet can be related to man in general, who, forsaking the commands of God, flees from his face and goes out into the world.
Jerome· Commentary on Jonah, Chapter 1, 420Patristic
- Jonah 2:1
From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
Commentary on Jonah 2:11 voice
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jonah 3:1
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
Commentary on Jonah 3:12 voices
"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 you." LXX: 'and the message of God came to Jonah a second time, saying, arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach there this message that I have told you'. He did not say to the prophet, "why have you not done what you were ordered to do?."
Jerome· Commentary on Jonah, Chapter 3, 420Patristic
And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Commentary on Matthew 12:402 voices
Three days and three nights - Our Lord rose from the grave on the day but one after his crucifixion: so that, in the computation in this verse, the part of the day on which he was crucified, and the part of that on which he rose again, are severally estimated as an entire day; and this, no doubt, exactly corresponded to the time in which Jonah was in the belly of the fish.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
We know that He, the Only-begotten Son of God, at the Father's bidding came from the heavens for the abolishment of sin, and was born of the Virgin Mary, and conversed with the disciples, and fulfilled the Economy according to the Father's will, and was crucified, and died and descended into the parts beneath the earth, and regulated the things there, Whom the gate-keepers of hell saw (Job xxxviii.
Athanasius of Alexandria· Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia, Section 8, 373Patristic
- Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
Commentary on Matthew 12:412 voices
(Verse 41) The men of Nineveh will rise up in judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah. Not by the power of judgment, but by the example of comparison. And behold, here is more than Jonah. Here, 'here' is an adverb of place, not a pronoun. Jonah, according to the Septuagint Interpreters, preached for three days: I for so much time. He to the unbelieving Assyrians: I to the people of God, the Jews. He to foreigners: I to fellow citizens.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
Commentary on Matthew 16:42 voices
Now he called them evil because their wicked deeds had made them evil people (evil because of deliberate wickedness) and adulterous because when the Pharisees and Sadducees left their metaphoric spouse, the true word, they committed adultery, with falsehood and the law of sin.Assume there are two laws: the law of our bodies, which is in conflict with the law of our mind.
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 12.4, 253Patristic
(Chapter XVI—Verse 1 and following) And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven. But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red'; and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Luke 11:29
As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
Commentary on Luke 11:292 voices
That you may know that the people of the Synagogue are treated with dishonour, while the blessedness of the Church is increased. But as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be to the Jews. Hence it is added, They seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given them but the sign of Jonas the prophet. Now as the sign of Jonas is a type of our Lord's passion, so also is it a testimony of the grievous sins which the Jews have committed.
Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 397Patristic
And when the people were gathered thick together,.... Upon this woman's lifting up her voice, and saying the things she did; or rather to see what sign he would give, which some had desired Luk 11:16 he began to say, this is an evil generation.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Luke 11:30
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
Commentary on Luke 11:302 voices
(in Esai. 7.) A sign is a thing brought openly to view, containing in itself the manifestation of something hidden, as the sign of Jonas represents the descent to hell, the ascension of Christ, and His resurrection from the dead. Hence it is added, For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Basil of Caesarea· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 379Patristic
That you may know that the people of the Synagogue are treated with dishonour, while the blessedness of the Church is increased. But as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of man be to the Jews. Hence it is added, They seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given them but the sign of Jonas the prophet. Now as the sign of Jonas is a type of our Lord's passion, so also is it a testimony of the grievous sins which the Jews have committed.
Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 397Patristic