Jonah, cited

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1. Adversus Marcionem Tertullian 1 authority · 1 neutral 2 citations

   book 2 · book 5

   The narrative of Nineveh's reprieve and Jonah's own words about God's mercy are cited to explore what 'repentance' means for God.

   "Behold," you say, "I observe it as criminating in the case of the Ninevites, the scripture of Jonah saying, And the Lord repented of the malice which He had said He would do to them, and did it not.

2. Letters Basil of Caesarea 1 extended 1 citation

   letter 242

   The Jonah narrative is invoked as exemplum for not despairing.

   rather we still hold to the zeal that is possible for us, knowing that he too who was swallowed by the sea-monster, because he did not despair of himself but cried out to the Lord, was counted worthy of salvation.

3. Protrepticus Clement of Alexandria 1 extended 1 citation

   protrepticus

   References the Ninevites' repentance in response to a 'brief proclamation', matching the Jonah narrative.

   yours, if you will only to believe and to follow the brief proclamation, obeying which the Ninevites, by genuine repentance, exchanged the expected capture for the fair salvation.

4. Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 authority 1 citation

   book 5

   Cited as showing pagan sailors' partial recognition of the divine.

   " And Jonah, himself also a prophet, hints at the same thing by these words:

5. The Rights of War and Peace Hugo Grotius 1 authority 1 citation

   ch. 40

   The Nineveh episode is invoked as scriptural authority for mitigating collective punishment.

   Thus when the Ninevites were threatened with utter destruction, on account of their grievous crimes, a mitigation of the sentence was allowed, in compassion to the many thousands, who were of an age incapable of making a distinction between right and wrong.

6. De Fuga in Persecutione Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation

   de fuga in persecutione

   Directly references the narrative of the prophet's flight and time in the belly of the great fish, without naming him, but unmistakably drawn from Jonah.

   A certain spirited prophet too had fled the Lord, had crossed over from Joppa to Tarshish, as if he could ferry away even from God;

7. De ieiunio adversus psychicos Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation

   ch. 1

   The Nineveh fasting narrative from Jonah is directly recounted as precedent.

   Through this sequel of mourning and through abstinence, even that sinful city Nineveh is delivered from the destruction foretold.

8. De Oratione Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation

   de oratione

   The narrative of Jonah's prayer from the fish is directly invoked as scriptural precedent for the theme of God hearing the heart.

   How then could the prayer of Jonah, from the depths of the whale's belly, through the bowels of so great a beast, from the very abysses, through so great a mass of sea, make its way out to heaven?