For word came - rather, “And the matter came,” that is, the “whole account,” as we say. “The word, word,” throughout Holy Scripture, as in s…

For word came. —Rather, And the matter reached. The Authorized Version treats the royal edict that follows as the same wi…

Note that the only message they had heard was a prophecy of impending judgment. God had sent his servant to warn them of the coming destruction; an…

It is uncertain whether Jonah had preached for some days in the city before it was known to the king. This is indeed the common opinion, for interp…

For word came to the king of Nineveh

Who was not Sardanapalus, a very di olute prince, and abandoned to his lusts;…

There was a wonder of Divine grace in the repentance and reformation of Nineveh. It condemns the people of the gospel generation ([Reference Matthe…