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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jonah 1 - Introduction

Jonah, sent to Nineveh, fleeth to Tarshish: he is discovered by a tempest, thrown into the sea, and swallowed by a fish.

Before Christ 862.

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See also Jonah 1 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    EXAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. Why would God send a prophet of Israel to a great heathen city like Nineveh? 2. Do you think the literal meaning of Jonah's name, dove, has any symbolical significan...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JONAH 1 This chapter gives an account of the call and mission of Jonah to go to Nineveh, and prophesy there, and the reason of it, Jonah 1:1; his disobedience to it, Jonah 1:3. God's...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Jonah 1 and 2. As the ship and company were saved by Jonah's being cast into the waters, and his intended and supposed death, so was the church, which is several times typified by a ship saved by Chri...

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