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Jesus the new Jonah

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Matthew 12:38-41 "Sign of Jonah"

40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Jonah 1-3

	Jonah	Jesus
In a boat during a storm	fast asleep (Jon 1:4-5) woken up by the captain who asked Jonah to call to his God so that they should not perish (Jon 1:6) after the LORD calmed the storm (Jon 1:14-15) the men in the ship greatly feared the LORD (Jon 1:16)	sleeping (Mt 8:24) woken up by the apostles who begged Jesus to save them from perishing (Mt 8:35) after Jesus calmed the storm (Mt 8:26) the apostles marvelled at Jesus (Mt 8:27)
One man sacrificed to save others	thrown off the ship (Jon 1:14-15)	on the cross for the whole world (Col 1:20)
Raised from Sheol (the place of the dead) on the third day	in the belly of a great fish (Jon 1:17-2-10)	his resurrection in the tomb (Mt 28:1-10; Eph 4:9)
Proclaimed God’s message to Gentiles, who then repented	to the people of Nineveh (Jon 3)	commissioned his apostles to make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:18-20) and be baptised for the forgiveness of their sins (Acts 2:38)