unwilling to preach unto the Ninevites, is swallowed up by the whale.
30. And after three days and three nights God heard the prayer of Jonah out of the deepest hell, and nothing is injured in him, neither the hair nor the eyelid.
31. How much more will he raise you up, who have believed[1] in Christ Jesus,[2] as he himself was raised up.
32. And when by the bones of the prophet Elisha, one of the children of Israel that had been thrown upon them, rose from death in his body, how much more shall ye rise up on that day with a whole body, after ye have been thrown upon the body and bones and Spirit of Christ.
33. [Also Elijah, the prophet; took the son of the widow into his arms, and raised him from the dead; how much more shall Jesus Christ raise you up also on that day with a whole body, as he rose himself from the dead.][3]
34. If, however, you receive something else,[4] let no man trouble me.[5]
35. For I have these bonds on me, that I may win Christ, and I bear his marks, that I may attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
36. And whoever accepts this rule which we have received by the blessed prophets and the holy gospel, shall receive[6] a reward,[7]
37. But whosoever deviates from this, fire shall be for him and for those who preceded him therein.
38. Who are a generation of vipers,[8]
39. These resist in the power of the Lord,
40. And with you shall be peace.[9]
- ↑ One authority: raise you up, ye of little faith, and those who have believed.
- ↑ Armenian: in the Lord Jesus Christ.
- ↑ So the Armenian.
- ↑ One authority adds : God shall rise up against you as a witness.
- ↑ Armenian and Ephraem add: in future.
- ↑ Armenian and Ephræm: receive at the resurrection of the dead.
- ↑ Ephræm: reward for it and for his works.
- ↑ Armenian and Ephraem: vipers and basilisks.
- ↑ The Armenian: and the grace of the beloved First-born. Amen.—Another authority reads: peace, grace and love, Amen.
