Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?"
In the introduction, it was noted that there are six supportive and attendant miracles in each of these events, that of Jonah's deliverance, and that of Christ's resurrection.  This is fully in keeping with the divine pattern of setting "the solitary in families"  (Psalms 68:6).  Also, the placement of six around one is the source of the commonest pattern in all of the natural creation; and the resulting hexagonal formation is found in most of the naturally formed crystals in nature, as well as in the honeycomb, every snowflake that ever fell upon earth, and in many other instances.  It has been referred to as "the footprint of God."  We should not be surprised to find it here.  (For further comment on materials related to this analogy, see in my commentary on Matthew, pp. 483-497.)