Jonah died in the fish?

[lekh l'kha]

Harpoon the whale. It's causing arguments

[David333]

I cannot find scripture for this,

but I thought Jesus

was the first to be resurrected

from the dead, am I wrong?

You are wrong. There are plenty of people that resurrected before Jesus. There was a boy resurrected by a prophet. The guy who fell from the window while Jesus was speaking, Lazarus, etc

The guy who fell from the window, fell from the window while St. Paul was preaching in a house church in the Book of Acts, after the Ascension of Jesus Christ to the Right Hand of the Father in Heaven.

[David333]

There is also a very big theological problem here if Jonah did NOT die.

it means the sign of Jonah was not a sign of a resurrection and the major starting point of the Christian religion didn't happen.

HUH???

[silviawang]

[nebula]

Looking at Jonah two it does seem that Jonah was in fact dead at one point by the words he uses. (such as Sheol and referring to being in the pit)

Consider this thought:

Jonah 2:1 - Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,

So was Jonah in Sheol or in the stomach of the fish?

[nebula]

There is also a very big theological problem here if Jonah did NOT die.

it means the sign of Jonah was not a sign of a resurrection and the major starting point of the Christian religion didn't happen.

It's not a theological problem at all.

Matthew 12:40 - for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jonah did not have to die in order for this to be a sign and a type.

[B3L13v3R]

"Hell" in Jonah2:2 was figurative, symbolic, not the "real" place. Consider the verses in context with a few others, emphasis mine:

Jon 2:1-5

(1) Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

(Notice, he consciously knows where he is.)

(2) And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

(Still consciously knows where he is "out of the belly, hell being "symbolic" as to how it must feel, not the real hell itself)

(3) For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

(He is still very aware of his surroundings, floods about, waves passing over him...)

(4) Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

(He knows he is out of God's will, but looks to "symbolically" look towards God's holy temple.)

(5) The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

(He is still very much in a conscious state aware of where he is. He "feels" the weeds wrapped around his head.)

A number of commentaries say very similar things, the below is for Jonah 2:2

-JFB

out of the belly of hell

[SlipperyPete]

Jon 2:1-5 NASB

(1) Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,

(2) and he said, "I called out of my distress to the LORD, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice.

(3) "For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current engulfed me. All Your breakers and billows passed over me.

(4) "So I said, 'I have been expelled from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

(5) "Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped around my head.

This was kindda pointed out, but I want to emphasize it...

Jonah was alive while he was saying all these things! He was alive in the belly while praying!! What he said doesn't inpact the fact he was alive in the belling while doing it.

[Openly Curious]

I cannot find scripture for this,

but I thought Jesus

was the first to be resurrected

from the dead, am I wrong?

1 Corinthians 15:20-23 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the "FRISTfruits" of them that slept. For since by man "came" death, by man "came" also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. "But" every man in his own "ORDER:" Christ the

"first"fruits;" afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

(John 11:1-45 (Lazarus) )

I understood your thoughts in reference to Jonah in the belly of a big fish

[billiejean]

Elijah prayed for a boy to be risen from the dead and he was. Also, before Jesus died, Lazarus rose from the dead.