prepared. appointed, or assigned. From Hebrew. mdndh, to number. Hence, to appoint, as in Job 7:3.Daniel 1:5; Daniel 1:10-11. and Chaldee. mynah (Daniel 5:25; Daniel 5:26). Compare Jonah 4:6-8. Never means to create.
great fish. Large enough to swallow him. in Matthew 12:40, Greek. kilos - any large marine monster; whence Cetacece -the mammalian order of fish. No need for any name. Compare Matthew 12:20; Matthew 16:4.Luke 11:30.
swallow up... belly. Not therefore kept alive in the fish. s mouth, as some imagine. When thus swallowed up, Jonah must have died, and thus became. type of Christ. The "as" and "so" in Matthew 12:40 require Jonah's death. He would have been no type if he had been miraculously kept alive. See further notes below.
was. came to be.
belly. bowels.
three days and three nights. The Hebrew idiom "three days" can be used for parts of three days (and even of years): but not when the word "nights" is added. See Matthew 12:40, and note the force of "as". See App-144 and App-156.