Jonah 1:3 (WEB)
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Catechism · 1
“…part of believers; currents of thought hostile to religion; finally, that attitude of sinful man which makes him hide from God out of fear and flee his call.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. GS 19-21; Mt 13:22; Gen 3:8-10; Jon 1:3.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“Joppa too is hard by, the port of Jonah’s flight; which also—if I may introduce a poetic fable—saw Andromeda bound to the rock.” — editor's note: Jon. i. 3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Jonah also was fleeing from the face of God, or rather, thought that he was fleeing: but he was overtaken by the sea, and the storm, and the lot, and the whale’s belly, and the three days’ entombment, the type of a greater mystery.” — editor's note: Jonah i. 3.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together with
Cited together in Catechism §29.
Cited together in Catechism §29.
Cited together in Catechism §29.
Cited together in Catechism §29.
Parallel passages
Genesis 3:8 and Jonah 1:3 share the same wording (12 words).
1 Samuel 26:20 and Jonah 1:3 share the same wording (12 words).
Job 1:12 and Jonah 1:3 share the same wording (12 words).