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Jonah 1
Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord
Who did the word of the Lord come to in verse 1?
What did the word of the Lord say to Jonah? (verse 1-2)
What actions was Jonah told to do by the word of the Lord? (verse 2)
What is the reason that the word of the Lord gives for why Jonah is going to Nineveh?
What did Jonah do? (verse 3)
What was Jonah's goal in verse 3?
Where did Jonah go in verse 3?
Did Jonah pay money to go with those going to Tarshish? (verse 3)
What was hurled upon the sea by the Lord? (verse 4)
What was on the sea? (verse 4)
What threatened to break up? (verse 4)
Who was afraid? (verse 5)
Who did the mariners cry out to? (verse 5)
Why did the mariners hurl the cargo into the sea? (verse 5)
Where had Jonah gone? (verse 5)
Was Jonah asleep? (verse 5)
Why did the captain wake up Jonah? (verse 6)
Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea
Why did they cast lots in verse 7?
Who did the lots fall on? (verse 7)
What did they ask Jonah when the lots fell on him? (verse 8)
What was Jonah's response to their questions? (verse 9)
Why were the men exceedingly afraid? (verse 10)
What did Jonah say would quiet the sea down for the sailors? (verse 11-12)
Did the men immediately do what Jonah said would quiet the sea down? (verse 13)
Who did the men call out to in verse 14?
What did they say in verse 14?
When did the sea cease from its raging? (verse 15)
Who were sacrifices made to? (verse 16)
A Great Fish Swallows Jonah
Who was appointed to swallow up Jonah? (verse 17)
How long was Jonah in the belly of the fish?
Interpretation
What is the word of the Lord?
Did Jonah jump in by his own accord or was he derived over to the sea? (verse 15)
Thoughts
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil[a] has come up before me.” - verse 2
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Mini study on Mark 4:35-41
Mark 4:35-41
Jesus Calms a Storm
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.”
36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him.
37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.
38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”
39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”
41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
When did Jesus talk about going across to the other side? (verse 35)
Who was left? (verse 36)
Were there other boats with Jesus? (verse 36)
What was happening to the boat when a great windstorm arose? (verse 37)
Who was with the disciples in the boat? (verse 38)
What did Jesus do when he awoke? (verse 39)
What two questions did Jesus ask when he spoke to his disciples? (verse 40)
What were the disciples filled with? (verse 41)
Interpretation
Will Jesus call or lead you to a place where you may encounter storms on the way? (35-41)
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“Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” - from verse 38
"But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,[a] not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies[b] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed."[c] - 2 Peter 3:8-10
Footnotes:
- 2 Peter 3:9 Some manuscripts on your account
- 2 Peter 3:10 Or elements; also verse 12
- 2 Peter 3:10 Greek found; some manuscripts will be burned up
“Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” - verse 40
And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” - verse 41
...PSALM 24 & EPHESIANS 5
So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.” - Jonah 1:6
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.” - from Ephesians 5
And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. - verse 7
Psalm 22:18
they divide my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.
"...I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” - from verse 9
After Jonah tells them how the sea will be quiet down...
Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. - verse 13
Therefore they called out to the Lord, “O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.” - verse 14
Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed,
he shall prolong his days,
and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. - verse 15
John 3:13-17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
No one has gone up into heaven, but there is One who came down from heaven,
the Son of Man [Himself—whose home is in heaven]. Just as Moses lifted up the [bronze] serpent in the desert [on a pole],
so must the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross],
so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life [after physical death, and will actually live forever].
“For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His[One and] [a]only begotten Son,
so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life.
For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world],
but that the world might be saved through Him.
Footnotes:
- John 3:16 Jesus, God’s only Son, the One who is truly unique, the only one of His kind.
So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. - verse 15
Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. - verse 16
Psalm 51:15-17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
O Lord, open my lips,
That my mouth may declare Your praise.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You are not pleased with burnt offering.
My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.
And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. - verse 17
Matthew 12:39
But Jesus replied and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation [that is morally unfaithful to God] craves and demands a [miraculous] sign; but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah;
Matthew 16:4
Jesus said, "An evil and [morally] unfaithful generation craves a [miraculous] sign; but no sign will be given to it, except the sign of [the prophet] Jonah.” Then Jesus left them and went away.
Luke 11:29
[ The Sign of Jonah ] Now as the crowds were increasing [in number], Jesus began to say, “This [present] generation is a wicked generation; it seeks a sign (attesting miracle), but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah [the prophet].
Luke 11:30
For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man also be [a sign] to this generation.
Matthew 12:40
"for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster,
so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." - Jesus foretelling his death
Jonah 1 (ESV)
Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil[a] has come up before me.”
3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish.
So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.
4 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
5 Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them.
But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
6 So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper?
Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea
7 And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.”
So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
8 Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation?
And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”
9 And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, “What is this that you have done!”
For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.
11 Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
12 He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you,
for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”
13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard[b] to get back to dry land, but they could not,
for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
14 Therefore they called out to the Lord, “O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you,
O Lord, have done as it pleased you.”
15 So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.
16 Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
A Great Fish Swallows Jonah
17 [c] And the Lord appointed[d] a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Footnotes:
- Jonah 1:2 The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jonah
- Jonah 1:13 Hebrew the men dug in [their oars]
- Jonah 1:17 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
- Jonah 1:17 Or had appointed
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