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| The Holy Prophet
Jonah lived in the eighth century before the birth of Christ and was a
successor of the Prophet Elisha. The Book of the Prophet Jonah contains
prophecies about the judgments on the Israelite nation, the sufferings
of the Savior, the downfall of Jerusalem, and the end of the world.
Besides the prophecies, the Book of Jonah relates how he was sent to the
Ninevites to preach repentance (Jon. 3: 3-10).
Our Lord Jesus Christ, addressing the Scribes
and the Pharisees who demanded a sign from Him, said that no sign would
be given except for the sign of the Prophet Jonah, "As Jonah was in the
belly of the whale three days and three nights, so also shall the Son of
Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights (Mt. 12:
40). From these words the Lord shows clearly the symbolic meaning of the
Book of the Prophet Jonah in relation to Christ's death on the Cross,
descent into Hell, and the Resurrection.
Reproaching the lack of penitence and
recalcitrance of the Jews, the Lord said, "The Ninevites shall rise in
the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because they
repented at the preaching of Jonah; and one greater than Jonah is here"
(Mt. 12: 41).
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The Holy Prophet Jonah |
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