Jonah 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. ”

Jonah 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the people of Nineveh believed God; - strictly, “believed in God.” To “believe in God” expresses more heart-belief, than to “believe God” in itself need convey. To believe God is to believe w...
Jonah 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So the people of Nineveh (d) believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. (d) For he declared that he was a Prophet sent to them fr...
Jonah 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3. The Ninevites Repent at the Preaching of Jonah. When the prophet is bidden a second time to carry God's message to Nineveh, he knows that it is useless to disobey. Accordingly he takes the...
Jonah 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

people . men. Hebrew pl of 'enosh . App-14. believed . Heb Aman . App-69. God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4. proclaimed. fast. Professor Rawlings has shown just at this time Nineveh was in. tim...
Jonah 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

One thing, escaped me in the third verse: Jonah said that Nineveh was a city great to God. This form of speech is common in Scripture: for the Hebrews call that Divine, whatever it be, that i...
Jonah 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. The people of Nineveh believed God - They had no doubt that th...
Jonah 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So the people of Nineveh believed God— The fame of the wonderful works which God had wrought for the Jews, was spread over the eastern parts of the world. This might induce the Ninevites to hearken...
Jonah 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. So the people of Nineveh believed God - gave credit to...
Jonah 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Repentance and Pardon of the Ninevites 3. An exceeding great city] lit. 'great unto God,' i.e. regarded as great by God: cp. Genesis 10:1 . Of three days' journey ] i.e. in breadth. 8 . Even...
Jonah 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Believed God. — Or, believed in God. Notice again an implied contrast to the dulness of the Jews, who were “slow to believe” the prophetic warnings addressed to themselves. Proclaimed a fast....
Jonah 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE REPENTANCE OF THE CITY John 3:1-10 HAVING learned, through suffering, his moral kinship with the ‘heathen, and having offered his life for some of them, Jonah receives a second command to g...
Jonah 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Repentant City John 3:1-10 Peter was not only forgiven, but restored to his office; so also was Jonah again sent to Nineveh. Thank God for our second chances! There was no hesitancy this time...
Jonah 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Immediately Jonah was again charged to go to Nineveh. There is a fine revelation of the patient grace of God toward His servant in the statement, "The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time...
Jonah 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What! But the sovereign grace of God could have induced such effects! What nation, what kingdom or people shall we look to, for similar humblings, at the preaching of a poor despised Prophet? Do we n...
Jonah 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So the people of Nineveh believed God ,.... Or "in God" r: in the word of the Lord, as the Targum; they believed there was a God, and that he, in whose name Jonah came, was the true God; they believ...
Jonah 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. Ver. 5. So the people of Nineveh believed God ] See the mig...
Jonah 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So the people of Nineveh believed God , &c. “The fame,” says Lowth, “of the wonderful works God had wrought for the Jews, was spread over the eastern parts of the world. This might make the Nine...
Jonah 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nineveh's Repentance. B. C. 840. 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaim...
Jonah 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So, Heb. And , the people of Nineveh; the inhabitants who heard; they first believed who first heard, and successively others as soon as they heard. Believed God, speaking by his prophet; they...
Jonah 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Changed Jonah Obeys God And Goes To Nineveh Proclaiming Its Overthrow Within Forty Days, With The Result That (To Jonah's Chagrin) Nineveh Repents ( Jonah 3:1-10 ). Jonah was no longer rebelliou...
Jonah 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Jonah 3:5 . Believed ] Lit. in God, in his word; trusted in him. Sackcloth ] The attire of deep mourning, irritating to the body. Fasting and sackcloth customary in humiliat...
Jonah 3:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 1-4 Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ. I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the similitude of the...
Jonah 3:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 3:1-2 . And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. There is no preaching li...
Jonah 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 3:4 . Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. The LXX read “three days,” and they are followed by most of the Greek fathers. But three days is thought to be an error of the scribe,...
Jonah 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

So the people of Nineveh believed God. Belief inspired by fear How came the Ninevites to believe God, as no hope of salvation was given them? For there can be no faith without an acquaintance w...
Jonah 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jonah 3:1-32 Part III . JONAH 'S PREACHING IN NINEVEH ; THE REPENTANCE OF THE NINEVITES . Jonah 3:1-32 § 1. Jonah is sent a second time to Nineveh, and obe...
Jonah 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah's Message to the Ninevites and Its Results. The disobedient prophet had received a severe lesson at the hand of God, but he now profited by this lesson and was ready to undertake the commiss...
Jonah 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 20:3 ; Acts 27:25 ; Acts 8:10 ; Exodus 9:18-21 ; Ezra 8:21 ; Hebrews 11:1 ; Hebrews 11:7 ; Jeremiah 31:34 ; Jeremiah 36:9 ; Jeremiah 42:1 ; Jeremiah 42:8 ; Joel 1:14 ; Joel...
Jonah 3:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

On to Nineveh Jonah 3:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Our opening verse says, "The Word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time." These words bring to us the thought of a second chance. We are...
Jonah 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

From the greatest — Great and small, rich and poor.

Jonah 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jonah 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jonah 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jonah 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jonah 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jonah 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jonah 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jonah 3:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 3:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jonah 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jonah 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonah 3:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jonah 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes