Miracles in the Book of Jonah

A great wind and tempest

John 1:4  

In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

The lot falling on Jonah

Jonah 1:7  

Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

The great calm in the sea

Jonah 1:15  

Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.

Jonah in the belly of the fish 3 days and 3 nights, and coming out alive

Jonah 1:17  

But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah’s resurrection from the dead

Jonah 2:10  

And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Matthew 12:40  

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

A miracle of grace

Jonah 3:5-10  

5 The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.

7 Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.

8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.

9 Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”

10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.

Jonah 4:11  

But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left and many cattle as well. Should I not be concerned about that great city?”

Preparation of the gourd-making it a great vine to cover a man in one night

Jonah 4:6  

Then the LORD God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine.

Jonah 4:10  

But the LORD said, “You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight.

Preparation of the worm

Jonah 4:7  

But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so that it withered.

The vehement east wind

Jonah 4:8  

When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”