THE IMPACT OF THE WITNESS OF JONAH 1. The sailors feared. The Lord. Note the word "exceedingly." Pro 9:10. 2. The sailors sacrificed. If not a burnt offering certainly praise. 3. They made vows. It is likely that they vowed to go to Jerusalem and formally thank God by way of a sacrifice, John Gill says Hebrew conveys that meaning. Mark 1:44. THE UNSEEN EVENTS BENEATH THE WAVES To the human eye, Jonah was dead, drowned beneath the waves. But not so. "Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights," Jonah 1:17. Here is what the Saviour meant in Matt 12:39-40. "But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth," Matthew 12:39-40. The story of our Saviour's death, burial and resurrection are set forth in the story of Jonah. Remember, Jonah came forth with a message of life for the Ninevites. He preached of coming judgement and the way of deliverance. That is the message of Christ that we must preach today.