Jonah 1:17 – 3 Days & 3 Nights

View the Bible Verses for this Limerick: Jonah 1:12-17.

We think Jonah died inside the great fish, then 3 days and 3 nights later God raised him from the dead*.  Jesus implied so when comparing the event to His own death, burial, and resurrection (Jonah 1:17 and Matthew 12:40).

Rhetorical question: who had the better ride, Jonah or Noah?  Betcha didn’t know that years ago there was a very funny song written using this comparison.  Click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3jdbFOidds.

Death, Burial, Rez’

To stop storm, they tossed Jonah in drink,
causing storm to stop, quick as a wink.
Then along came huge fish.
It consumed tasty dish,
who spent three days and nights in God’s clink.

 Jonah 1:15
ditto
Jonah 1:17
ditto
confinement

*Seriously now, since Jesus used Jonah as the Old Testament example of his death, burial, and resurrection, we are comfortable with the above interpretation (Luke 11:29-32).

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