Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 208
? 201 nay, even as much as a thousand miles. Wherefore could they see that Jonas entered the fish's belly, or, that he had remained alive in it or had come out of it alive? Of all these things not one could the people of Nineveh see. The Ninevites saw him not when he entered the fish's belly; nor did they see him when he stayed alive in its belly and nor did they see him when the fish disgorged him. But when Jonah went back to the people of Nineveh and they saw that it was the same person that had taken to flight in fear, and God the Almighty had forced him back and granted him success where he thought there were no prospects, this became a mighty sign of the dominion and power of the Almighty God which the people of Nineveh witnessed. The Messiah had similarly claimed about himself: "For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. " (Luke 11:30) WHAT NINEVEH SAW? Now the question is what did the people of Nineveh witness? The Ninevites did not see Jonah enter the belly of the fish; they did not see him living in it, nor did they see him coming out of it. All they saw was that a man received