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Verse Jonah 3:3. _NINEVEH WAS AN EXCEEDING GREAT CITY, OF THREE
DAYS'_ _JOURNEY._] See on John 1:2. _Strabo_ says, lib. xvi., πολυ
μειζων ην της Βαβυλωνος, "it was much larger than
Babylon:" and Ninu...
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AND JONAH AROSE AND WENT UNTO NINEVEH - , ready to obey, as before to
disobey. Before, when God said those same words, “he arose and
fled;” now, “he arose and went.” True conversion shows the same
ene...
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CHAPTER 3
Jonah Preaching in Nineveh
_ 1. The repeated commission and Jonah's obedience (John 3:1) _
2. The repentance and salvation of Nineveh (John 3:4)
John 3:1. And now after Jonah's death and...
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JONAH 3. THE NINEVITES REPENT AT THE PREACHING OF JONAH. When the
prophet is bidden a second time to carry God's message to Nineveh, he
knows that it is useless to disobey. Accordingly he takes the ti...
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THREE DAYS, &C. i.e. in circuit....
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Jonah 3:1-10. Jonah's Preaching and its result
Sent a second time by God on a mission to Nineveh, Jonah promptly
obeys, Jonah 3:1 _a_. He enters into Nineveh and delivers his message,
Jonah 3:3;...
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_arose, and went_ Before, he _arose and fled_. He is still the same
man. There is still the same energy and decision of character. But he
is now "as ready to obey as before to disobey."
_was_ It has b...
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_JONAH GOES TO NINEVEH TO PREACH -- JONAH 3:1-3:_ How relieved Jonah
must have been to have been restored to dry land. After three days and
three nights in the belly of the great fish, "the Lord spake...
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NOW NINEVEH WAS AN EXCEEDING GREAT CITY— The account here given of
Nineveh is confirmed by the testimony of heathen authors. Strabo says,
that Nineveh was much greater even than Babylon: and Diodorus...
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GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING WITH GODTHE COMMISSION RENEWED
TEXT: Jonah 3:1-3
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And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
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Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach u...
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So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the
LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
SO JONAH AROSE, AND WENT UNTO NINEVEH, ACCORDING TO THE WOR...
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REPENTANCE AND PARDON OF THE NINEVITES
3. An exceeding great city] lit. 'great unto God,' i.e. regarded as
great by God: cp. Genesis 10:1.
OF THREE DAYS' JOURNEY] i.e. in breadth.
8. Even the cattle...
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THE MAN WHO DISAGREED WITH GOD
JONAH
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 3
V1 Then the Lord spoke to Jonah a second time. V2 ‘Get up and go to
the great city of Nineveh. Tell them the message that I shall...
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NOW NINEVEH WAS... — The past tense here certainly seems to imply
that at the time in which the author wrote the city was no longer in
existence, but the force of a Hebrew tense is not to be estimated...
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וַ יָּ֣קָם יֹונָ֗ה וַ יֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל
־נִֽינְוֶ֖
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THE REPENTANCE OF THE CITY
John 3:1
HAVING learned, through suffering, his moral kinship with the
‘heathen, and having offered his life for some of them, Jonah
receives a second command to go to Nine...
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A REPENTANT CITY
John 3:1-10
Peter was not only forgiven, but restored to his office; so also was
Jonah again sent to Nineveh. Thank God for our second chances! There
was no hesitancy this time. The...
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Immediately Jonah was again charged to go to Nineveh. There is a fine
revelation of the patient grace of God toward His servant in the
statement, "The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time....
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So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the
LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding (b) great city of three days'
journey.
(b) See Jonah 1:2...
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According to all historians, this city was greater than Babylon, and
yet in gross darkness respecting divine things. Reader! think of the
mercies of our land! And then stand amazed at the wonderful su...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The most cursory reader can hardly avoid seeing that Jonah has a
peculiar place among the prophets. There is none more intensely
Jewish; yet his prophecy was...
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Jonah the Suicidal Evangelist
I. INTRODUCTION
A. In our last study of Jonah we limited ourselves to chapter 3 verses
1-2 - Jonah 3:1-2 (NASB) Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the
second time,...
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Jonah, by saying that he went to Nineveh according to God’s command,
proves in the first place, as I have said, how great was the power and
energy of his faith; for though Jonah had considered the gre...
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And now the second testimony begins. All that Israel could have been,
all that belonged to man as responsible in himself, as far as
testimony was concerned, has failed for ever. Christ Himself, the
fa...
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SO JONAH AROSE, AND WENT UNTO NINEVEH, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE
LORD,.... He was no longer disobedient to the heavenly vision; being
taught by the rod, he acts according to the word; he is now mad...
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So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the
LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Ver. 3. _So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh_] He went not h...
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_And the word of the Lord_, &c. After Jonah had been well chastised
for his disobedience, and was set at liberty, as recorded in the
preceding chapter, the divine call to him to prophesy was repeated....
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So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the
Lord, in unquestioning obedience. NOW, NINEVEH WAS AN EXCEEDING GREAT
CITY, literally, "a great city to God," regarded by Him as such...
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JONAH'S MESSAGE TO THE NINEVITES AND ITS RESULTS.
The disobedient prophet had received a severe lesson at the hand of
God, but he now profited by this lesson and was ready to undertake the
commission...
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EXCEEDING:
_ Heb._ of God...
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1-4 God employs Jonah again in his service. His making use of us is
an evidence of his being at peace with us. Jonah was not disobedient,
as he had been. He neither endeavoured to avoid hearing the c...
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SO, Heb. _And_; as God commands and directs, so Jonah with ready,
resolved, and obedient mind sets about the work. JONAH AROSE, AND WENT
UNTO NINEVEH; though it was a long journey, yet three weeks or...
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Jonah 3:3 Jonah H3124 arose H6965 (H8799) went H3212 (H8799) Nineveh
H5210 word H1697 LORD H3068 Nineveh...
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‘So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of YHWH.
Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, of three days' journey.'
Jonah, now obedient to YHWH, arose and went to Nineveh in accor...
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A CHANGED JONAH OBEYS GOD AND GOES TO NINEVEH PROCLAIMING ITS
OVERTHROW WITHIN FORTY DAYS, WITH THE RESULT THAT (TO JONAH'S CHAGRIN)
NINEVEH REPENTS (JONAH 3:1).
Jonah was no longer rebellious. He had...
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JONAH 1-4
Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ.
I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among
different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the
similitude of the pro...
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Jonah 3:1. _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 thee._
There is no preaching like th...
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CONTENTS: Jonah's second commission. Ninevah's repentance because of
his obedience.
CHARACTERS: God, Jonah, King of Nineveh.
CONCLUSION: Those who would not destroy their souls must afflict their
so...
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Jonah 3:4. _Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown._ The LXX
read “three days,” and they are followed by most of the Greek
fathers. But three days is thought to be an error of the scribe, for...
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_So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the Word of the
Lord._
OBEDIENT AT LAST (FOR CHILDREN)
Introduce by description of Jonah’s conduct and history. Dwell on
his call, flight, peril,...
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JONAH 3:1 Jonah’s Recommissioning and Compliance. The fourth episode
parallels Jonah 1:1 and focuses on the question, “What will happen
to the Ninevites?” (see note on 1:1–3)....
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JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 3:3 Jonah and the Pagan Ninevites. The fifth
episode parallels the second (Jonah 1:4) and focuses on how the pagan
Ninevites, just like the pagan sailors, respond
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
JONAH 3:3. WENT] I am made wiser by correction. GREAT CITY] Lit. great
to God. Some great _through_ God, _i.e._ through his favour; others
great before God. “It was most natural to re...
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EXPOSITION
JONAH 3:1
Part III. JONAH'S PREACHING IN NINEVEH; THE REPENTANCE OF THE
NINEVITES.
Jonah 3:1
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CHAPTER VI. THE NEW COMMISSION GIVEN TO JONAH, AND THE WONDERFUL
RESULTS THAT FLOWED FROM ITS EXECUTION
THE sojourn of Jonah for a time in the deep waters, and his singular
experience there, having be...
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So the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the
preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh
(Jonah 3...
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2 Timothy 4:11; Genesis 22:3; Genesis 30:8; Matthew 21:28; Matthew 2
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ON TO NINEVEH
Jonah 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Our opening verse says, "The Word of the Lord came unto Jonah the
second time." These words bring to us the thought of a second chance.
We are reminded...
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Exceeding great — The greatest city of the known world at that day,
it was then in its flourishing state greater than Babylon, whose
compass was three hundred eighty — five furlongs, but Nineveh was i...
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Is Jonah’s testimony to the size of Nineveh accurate?
PROBLEM: When Jonah arrived at the city of Nineveh, he observed that
the city was so large, that it took a three-day journey to pass
through it....