The whale (του κητους). Sea-monster, huge fish. In Jon 2:1 the LXX has κητε μεγαλω. "Three days and three nights" may simply mean …

For as Jonas was three days, etc. See Jonah 1:17. This event took place in the Mediterranean Sea, somewhere between Joppa and Tarshish, wh…

As Jonah was three days and three nights — To understand these words correctly, we must remember the prominence our Lord gives to …

The great sign of our Lord’s mission is His resurrection and His preparation of the Gospel of salvation for the Gentiles. His life-story is well sy…

St. John Chrysostom: Because the Lord had so often repressed the shameless tongue of the Pharisees with His sayings, they now …

The Pharisees and teachers of the law, in Jesus’ view, represented this “wicked and adulterous generation” (v.39; cf. 11:16–24). “Adultery” was fre…

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's
belly
Or "in the belly of a great fish", as i…

Though Christ is always ready to hear and answer holy desires and prayers, yet those who ask wrongly, ask and do not receive. Signs were granted to…

Above, the Lord refuted those disparaging His miracles and doctrine; here He rebukes those tempting Him. And here the Evangelist does two things: