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“When the Captain finds the sleeping prophet he says, "Arise, call...!" ( Hebrew qum lek, verse 6), the same words God used when calling Jonah to arise, go, and call Nineveh to repentance. But as Jonah rubs his eyes there is a Gentile mariner with God's very words in his mouth. What is this? God sent his prophet to point the pagans toward himself. Yet now it is the pagans pointing the prophet toward God.” — Timothy J. Keller
When the Captain finds the sleeping prophet he
says, "Arise, call...!" ( Hebrew qum lek, verse 6), the
same words God used when calling Jonah to arise, go,
and call Nineveh to repentance. But as Jonah rubs his
eyes there is a Gentile mariner with God's very words
in his mouth. What is this? God sent his prophet to
point the pagans toward himself. Yet now it is the
pagans pointing the prophet toward God.