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Jaffa (sometimes called Joppa) is the place where Jonah went and took a ship to Tarshish, after he received a call from God to go preach to the people at Nineveh. Jonah did not want to go. So he went down to Jaffa and took a ship to Tarshish, in hopes of running away from God. He went down deep into the hull of the ship, and fell asleep.
A great storm came upon the ship. The sailors (Gentiles) know that it must be because of this passenger. He must be disobeying his own God, and that's why this storm has come upon them. So they throw Jonah overboard, and the storm ceases. Jonah is swallowed up by a whale or, as the Scripture says, "a Great Fish".
100_0295
KODAK Digital Still Camera
Jaffa (sometimes called Joppa) is the place where Jonah went and took a ship to Tarshish, after he received a call from God to go preach to the people at Nineveh. Jonah did not want to go. So he went down to Jaffa and took a ship to Tarshish, in hopes of running away from God. He went down deep into the hull of the ship, and fell asleep.
A great storm came upon the ship. The sailors (Gentiles) know that it must be because of this passenger. He must be disobeying his own God, and that's why this storm has come upon them. So they throw Jonah overboard, and the storm ceases. Jonah is swallowed up by a whale or, as the Scripture says, "a Great Fish".