From the belly of the big fish, Jonah repents and pleads with God for mercy. And when a man truly repents, God responds. He caused the big fish to vomit Jonah up on dry land and from there he ...

In light of the upcoming election I thought it a good thing to talk about the tiny Book of Jonah in the Bible. (You can read it in less than five minutes.) It is quite unique among prophetic books ...

Chapter 2 Jonah spends a long weekend in the big fish, praying the whole time. He thanks God for rescuing him from the edge of death. God commands the fish to spit Jonah up on the shore.

Prophet Jonah coming out of the big fish/monster, Catacombs, Rome, 2nd century. Cut to: In 2007, we identified the tomb of Jesus in Talpiot, Jerusalem.

Jonah is more concerned about his reputation than about the lives of more than 120,000 Ninevites. In Jonah’s zero-sum calculus, another people’s favor in God’s eyes could come only at the ...

Accordingly, the Talmud explains that Jonah was first swallowed up by a big fish (dag), which then spit him out, whereupon Jonah was subsequently swallowed by a second, smaller fish (dagah).

From there, things only get worse for Jonah. He is swallowed by a big fish, spends three days in its belly, and, repentant, is finally regurgitated onto the shore.