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...
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...
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...
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...
THREE DAYS, &C. i.e. in circuit....
_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...
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;...
_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...
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...
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING WITH GODTHE COMMISSION RENEWED TEXT: Jonah 3:1-3 1 And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach u...
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...
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...
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...
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...
וַ יָּ֣קָם יֹונָ֗ה וַ יֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל ־נִֽינְוֶ֖
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...
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...
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....
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...
Journey. By the computation of some ancient historians, Ninive was about fifty miles round: so that to go through all the chief streets and public places, was three days' journey. (Challoner) --- Diod...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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....
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...
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...
EXCEEDING: _ Heb._ of God...
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...
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...
Jonah 3:3 Jonah H3124 arose H6965 (H8799) went H3212 (H8799) Nineveh H5210 word H1697 LORD H3068 Nineveh...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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,...
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...
EXPOSITION JONAH 3:1 Part III. JONAH'S PREACHING IN NINEVEH; THE REPENTANCE OF THE NINEVITES. Jonah 3:1
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...
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...
2 Timothy 4:11; Genesis 22:3; Genesis 30:8; Matthew 21:28; Matthew 2
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...
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...
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....