1. Jonah Chapter 1 March 3, 2002

2. Is it a parable? Does it begin with “and the kingdom of heaven is like…?” Is the main character unnamed? Is it short with little detail?

3. Is it midrash? Does it identify itself as an explanation on another passage? Did the Jewish community consider it midrash?

4. Jeremiah 1:2 The word of the LORD came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah.

5. Ezekiel 1:3 the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.

6. Hosea 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri

7. Joel 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel.

8. Micah 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth

9. Zephaniah 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah.

10. Haggai 1:1 In the second year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,

11. Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo:

12. 2 Kings 14:25 He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel… in accordance with the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet.

13. Matthew 12:39-40 He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

14. Matthew 12:39-40 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.