YONAH

YESHUA
From Gath-Hepher in Galilee
(5 miles from Nazareth)
2 King 14:25
 From Nazareth in Galilee
John 8:34
 Named Yonah ben Amittai
(Dove the Son of Truth)
Jonah 1:1		 Is connected to the “Dove”, is the “Truth”
John 14:6
Mashiach ben Yosef
Kol HaTor, Tanna Debe Eliyahu 		 Likened to Yonah HaNavi
Matt 12:39-41, 16:4, Luke 11:29-32 
Fell asleep in a boat during a storm
Jonah 1:4-6		 Fell asleep in a boat during a storm
Mark 4:35-41, Matt 8:24-27
Sailors were frightened of death
Jonah 1:6		 Disciples were frightened of death
Matt 8:25
Sacrificed himself to save the sailors
“If I die, you will live.”
Jonah 1:12		 Sacrificed himself to save the world
John 3:16
Sea was calmed
Jonah 1:15		 Sea was calmed
Matt 8:26
The Dove does not struggle when it is being sacrificed
Vilna Gaon, Aderes Eliyahu		 Like a lamb he was led to the slaughter
Isaiah 53:7, Matt 26:63, Mark 14:61, 15:5, Luke 23:9, John 19:9, 1 Peter 2:23
Lots were cast
Jonah 1:7		 Lots were cast
Psalm 22:18, John 19:24
Was in the belly of the fish (symbolizing Sheol) 3 days, 3 nights
Jonah 1:17, 2:2		 Was in the belly of Sheol 3 days, 3 nights
Matt 12:40
Weeds were wrapped around his head
Jonah 2:5		 Crown of thorns wrapped around his head
Matt 27:29, Mar 15:17, John 19:5
Is brought up from the pit
Jonah 2:6		 Is brought up from the pit
Matt 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20
Nineveh = Rome
Sefer Zerubavel		 Rome
Conceals the Mashiach, Sanhedrin 98
Is the Voice of Rebuke
Jonah 3:7		 Is the Voice of Rebuke
Matt 4:17
The nations listen to him and make teshuva
Jonah 1:16, Jonah 3:10 		 The nations listen to him and make teshuva
Luke 24:47
The Holy Spirit descended upon him on the Last Day of Sukkot
Jerusalem Talmud, Sukkah 1:55a		 Last Day of Sukkot and the Holy Spirit
John 7:37-39
Foretold Jerusalem’s destruction
Pirkei De-Rebbi Eliezer 10		 Foretold Jerusalem’s destruction
Matthew 24:2, Mark 13:2
Was called a “False Prophet”
Pirkei deRabbi Eliezer 10		 Was called a “False Prophet”
Resurrected, “Behold your son lives.”
1 Kings 17:23, Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer 33		  “He is not here, he is alive.”
Matthew 28:6