Jona
2:1-6
 |
"Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the
fish's belly.
And he said:
'I cried out to the Lord because of my
affliction,
And He answered me.
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
And You heard my voice.
For You cast me into the deep,
Into the
heart of the seas,
And the floods surrounded me;
All Your billows and
Your waves passed
over me.
Then I said "I have been cast out of
Your sight;
Yet I will look again toward Your holy
temple."
The
waters encompassed me, even to
my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
I went down to the
*moorings (foundations or bases)
of the mountains;
The earth with its
bars closed behind
me forever;
Yet You have brought up my life from
the pit,
O Lord, my God.' " |
| Matt. 12:38-42 |
"Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, 'Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.' But He answered and said to them, 'An evil and
adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it
except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three
nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will rise in the
judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the
preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.' " |
| John 19:5 |
"Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of
thorns..."
 Note:
I understand there is a seaweed with thorns in it. I think it is interesting
that it was wrapped around his head, as thorns were wrapped around the Lord's
head, and that Jonah says "Yet You have brought up my life from the pit." |
