The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-17
WAS JONAH SwALLOWED9
AND DID a WHALE REALLY sW<L-
Low HIM9


-FoioWeu ny ~ 1npusiNsVh ""
. dew Learned In Hebrew
Philosophy "sa ThooiosS.
PHILADELPHIA Feb. 15.-The whale did not
swallow Jonah. there was no whale. the Bible
has been mistranslated the word that was
supposed 10 mean whale meant something
else. This "a the solution OF the difficulty of
fered by the Rev. Henry $. Club. pastor OF
The Bible Christian Church o; Philadelphia.
Hi.-yiew OF Jonah Is merely q part Of his the
DRY IN relation 10 me 1000 OF bio'o t'mos' .
Mr.. Club Is an ardent vegetarian. and tho
Pn,e cbri.,j,n Cburc', has es mart Of the foun-
nUo ,a...s..
uation OF its faith tho doctrine OF aos'ihcnoo
from any food that has ever had lie.
80 49,, ..S,..n,.a ho,h An ava ali ether
oitcn used as meaning ooth nsn anu al o'her
kinds Of water food-seaweeis. lilies, lotuses.
&c. Jonab,s great Ash was more probably a
CO.. "rsaaw..a :, rnc, s.mnh,rc. which 4,
not uncommon in the sea into which he was
disohnrped from the vessel; n much moro
rational conclusion than that he remained in
the animal fish for three DAYS and then es-
capped. Tbis yi.w is confirmed by Jonah. H.. 8:
Inc waters compnsseo re ABOUT even 'ne
soul: the depth closed round about: the weeds
VIZ "rappoe ~ ~
also favors nc view that ne haa prepared such
q mas. of weeds as would sustain him where
IA, could breathe. which would not have been
80 =, N""., a.,
possible II swallowed by an animal hsh'
,e,, Eovn, ,ps,s5 after its aesbno,s s,Ii, the
III o,,r.Ns"es n r.. - ~
obtained from tho earth. There were the lotus.
which npp.area on the Nil. nj food season aud
W. n.nvr"" w,,, = con.,ssrab,a n.r, -; tho
people. such things stfl constitute, the princi.
pal article. of food. In China. YOU know. most
seashore plants nave IN inyiRoretinV 9unlity.
and either as reserves or pickles. or dried or
boiled; are IN constant use: Notice This ms
remember the r.h which, We ala eat in Egypt
freely; the cucumbers AMI the melons. snh the
,Sa aaq tns on " ,b s"d ,a ,ne Ssr'i !, .,,nS as'ns
seems that the word ,fsh' stands Cor a variety
OF VEGETABLE productions, such as are emu
melons. leeks., on'on', and garlic. FISH np.
pears 70 have been the c.mmoh noun o. these
Vegetable TT.du e, Just q; our Won, SIc ,Sese.
edible. and are distinruished from fruit or
grain; The word FISH, as used IN tie Bible.
NAL creatures are intended tiey are Tener'
ally called 'hsh OF the sea- or Of the water,
from the record that vegetable productions.
ply. the term fish toa large variety. Of vegc-
,anIes 3, s,,hsr drsw I'm tT rom ime wrdsr ny hsn Thc
term q fi. fei1nSn,f 8i S1 ise e".t e. .p ssr"t to ali whose
occupation. was to collect and bring these pro
d%uctions, OF tho land. water. ana sunshine TO
the Old Testament IL concerned. ] think II clear
that the word translated isl, was used TO rep
resent n variety OF vegetable productions oh
tanned both. on land and water. We may fol-
low II out In tho New Testament. Comment.
Ing on Matthew XIV. where the i've loaves and
two fishes are mentioned In the miracle. DR..
Adam Clarke SAYS: Instead OF .ichthud'
LGreeKl used here and In Mark and Luke. John
uses "Opsrrtd." from "OpsdrtOn" Is
eaten with bread
"lohn's nse Of 'ops,rih' IL commented on by
Parkhurst in his Greek lexicon. notably ns IL
occurs in the text xxi. q: AS so n AS thew
were come 10 the land they saw a Are NJ Goals
there, and fish topSdrt"nl laid Thereon. with
clplss after the resurrection. near the Sea ot
Galilee.' says the Greek student. 1t seems not
very natural TO understand this word 'opsd-
riOn' as signifying live FISH. II signifies
some other kind Of provision OF the delicious
sort. to he eaten with brad II must he re-
membered that the translation Of the Scrlp-
lures was made at n time and place where the
consumption Of the animal fish had bc:ome
common. and consequently that word was
supposed TO apply solely tn the animal fsh.
and II 10 rot surprising that pictures should