A greater than Jonah
Hanko examines Jesus' claim in Matthew 12:41 and Luke 11:32 that He is "greater than Jonah," arguing that Jonah's deliverance functions as a sign or miracle foreshadowing Christ's greater work of salvation rather than as a type. The article emphasizes Christ's superiority as the Son of God who accomplishes true atonement and substitutionary work that Jonah himself needed, demonstrating how Old Testament narrative points to and magnifies the person and redemptive work of Jesus.
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Luke 11:32 It is impossible to tell the story of Jonah without taking account of Jesus' words concerning Himself in Matthew...
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