What is the relation of Jesus's and Jonah's boat stories?
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Studying about "sleep" in the Bible I came across some passages and found out that the story of Jonah and Jesus in boats are quite similar.
> And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he [Jesus] was asleep. (Matthew 8:24 )
And
> But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. [...]
But Jonah [...] was fast asleep. (Jonah 1:4-5 )
I wonder if:
- Are there published commentaries that relates this two stories?
- If so, what is the commentator insight on relating those two? (Specially devotional insights)
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A answer quality will be measured by the quantity of commentaries with a *contundent insight* from the part of the commentator.
*A contundent insight, for this question, is a relation between the two texts that goes beyond the obvious: "the passages are similar".*
Asked by Filipe Merker
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Dec 26, 2015, 02:04 AM
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