Jonah — Group study guide
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4 chapters · 34 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
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Jonah 1 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Jonah 1 (KJV)
1. Why did the LORD send Jonah to cry against Nineveh?
Jonah 1:2
- A. Because their wickedness was come up before him
- B. Because they had attacked Israel
- C. Because they did not keep the sabbath
- D. Because they persecuted the prophets
Correct answer: A. Because their wickedness was come up before him
Because their wickedness was come up before him.
Jonah 1:2
2. Why did Jonah rise up?
Jonah 1:3
- A. To flee from the presence of the LORD
- B. To go to Nineveh
- C. To warn Israel
- D. To pray in the temple
Correct answer: A. To flee from the presence of the LORD
To flee from the LORD.
Jonah 1:3
3. Toward which city did Jonah head?
Jonah 1:3
- A. Tyre
- B. Damascus
- C. Tarshish
- D. Nineveh
Correct answer: C. Tarshish
Tarshish.
Jonah 1:3
4. What was the ship thought likely to do because of the tempest?
Jonah 1:4
- A. Be broken
- B. Return to Joppa
- C. Run aground on the sand
- D. Catch fire
Correct answer: A. Be broken
Be broken.
Jonah 1:4
5. What did Jonah do while the mariners cast forth the wares into the sea?
Jonah 1:5
- A. He prayed to the LORD
- B. He helped cast out the wares
- C. He was fast asleep
- D. He rowed with the mariners
Correct answer: C. He was fast asleep
He slept.
Jonah 1:5
6. What did the shipmaster call Jonah?
Jonah 1:6
- A. Fugitive
- B. Lazybones
- C. Stranger
- D. Sleeper
Correct answer: D. Sleeper
Sleeper.
Jonah 1:6
7. What did the shipmaster ask Jonah to do?
Jonah 1:6
- A. Cast lots with them
- B. Call upon his God
- C. Throw himself into the sea
- D. Help lighten the ship
Correct answer: B. Call upon his God
Call upon his God.
Jonah 1:6
8. What did the men of the ship do to find out who caused the evil upon them?
Jonah 1:7
- A. They searched the cargo
- B. They offered a sacrifice
- C. They consulted a soothsayer
- D. They cast lots
Correct answer: D. They cast lots
They cast lots.
Jonah 1:7
9. Was Jonah an Aramean or a Hebrew?
Jonah 1:9
- A. A Hebrew
- B. An Aramean
Correct answer: A. A Hebrew
A Hebrew.
Jonah 1:9
10. How did the mariners react when Jonah told them he fled from the LORD?
Jonah 1:10
- A. They tied him up in the hold
- B. They threw him into the sea at once
- C. They were exceedingly afraid
- D. They laughed at him
Correct answer: C. They were exceedingly afraid
They were exceedingly afraid.
Jonah 1:10
11. Whose idea was it to cast Jonah into the sea?
Jonah 1:12
- A. The ship's pilot's
- B. Jonah's own
- C. The mariners'
- D. The shipmaster's
Correct answer: B. Jonah's own
Jonah's own.
Jonah 1:12
12. Did the sea become calm when they finally cast Jonah into it?
Jonah 1:15
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Jonah 1:15
13. What did the LORD prepare to rescue Jonah?
Jonah 1:17
- A. A great fish
- B. A gourd
- C. A floating log
- D. A ship of Tarshish
Correct answer: A. A great fish
A great fish.
Jonah 1:17
14. How long was Jonah in the belly of the great fish?
Jonah 1:17
- A. Seven days
- B. Forty days
- C. A day and a night
- D. Three days and three nights
Correct answer: D. Three days and three nights
Three days and three nights.
Jonah 1:17
Notes
Jonah 2 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Jonah 2 (KJV)
1. From where did Jonah pray to the LORD?
Jonah 2:1
- A. From the city of Nineveh
- B. From the ship
- C. From the fish's belly
- D. From the shore
Correct answer: C. From the fish's belly
From the fish's belly.
Jonah 2:1
2. What was wrapped about Jonah's head?
Jonah 2:5
- A. A fishing net
- B. His mantle
- C. A rope from the ship
- D. Weeds
Correct answer: D. Weeds
Weeds.
Jonah 2:5
3. When did Jonah remember the LORD?
Jonah 2:7
- A. When the shipmaster woke him
- B. When he saw dry land
- C. When he reached Nineveh
- D. When his soul fainted within him
Correct answer: D. When his soul fainted within him
When his soul fainted.
Jonah 2:7
4. Did Jonah promise anything to God while inside the fish?
Jonah 2:9
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Possibly yes, because he mentions it in his prayer.
Jonah 2:9
5. Why did the fish vomit Jonah out upon the dry land?
Jonah 2:10
- A. Because the LORD spake unto the fish
- B. Because Jonah stopped praying
- C. Because it reached the shore of Nineveh
- D. Because the mariners asked it to
Correct answer: A. Because the LORD spake unto the fish
Because the LORD commanded it.
Jonah 2:10
Notes
Jonah 3 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Jonah 3 (KJV)
1. How great was Nineveh?
Jonah 3:3
- A. Small, half a day's journey
- B. Forty days' journey
- C. Great, seven days' journey
- D. An exceeding great city of three days' journey
Correct answer: D. An exceeding great city of three days' journey
Exceeding great.
Jonah 3:3
2. After how many days did Jonah say the city would be overthrown?
Jonah 3:4
- A. Seven days
- B. Seventy days
- C. Forty days
- D. Three days
Correct answer: C. Forty days
Forty days.
Jonah 3:4
3. Did the people of Nineveh believe God?
Jonah 3:5
- Yes
- No
Correct answer: Yes
Yes.
Jonah 3:5
4. On what did the king of Nineveh sit?
Jonah 3:6
- A. On sackcloth
- B. In ashes
- C. On a stone
- D. On his throne
Correct answer: B. In ashes
In ashes.
Jonah 3:6
5. Besides men, who else was ordered to fast?
Jonah 3:7
- A. The prophets of Israel
- B. The mariners of the ship
- C. The people of Joppa
- D. The beasts
Correct answer: D. The beasts
The beasts.
Jonah 3:7
6. What was the king of Nineveh's hope in proclaiming a fast?
Jonah 3:9
- A. That Israel would pay him tribute
- B. That his gods would hear him
- C. That God would repent and turn away from his fierce anger
- D. That Jonah would leave the city
Correct answer: C. That God would repent and turn away from his fierce anger
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger.
Jonah 3:9
Notes
Jonah 4 — Study questions
Leader version
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Jonah 4 (KJV)
1. How did Jonah react when the LORD decided not to destroy Nineveh?
Jonah 4:1
- A. He gave thanks to the LORD
- B. It displeased him exceedingly, and he was very angry
- C. He rejoiced greatly
- D. He preached in the city again
Correct answer: B. It displeased him exceedingly, and he was very angry
It displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Jonah 4:1
2. Why did Jonah flee to Tarshish?
Jonah 4:2
- A. Because he knew the LORD is gracious and merciful
- B. Because he had business in Tarshish
- C. Because he feared the Ninevites
- D. Because the mariners forced him
Correct answer: A. Because he knew the LORD is gracious and merciful
Because he knew that the LORD is a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger.
Jonah 4:2
3. What did Jonah ask the LORD to take from him?
Jonah 4:3
- A. The gourd
- B. The heat of the sun
- C. His sorrow
- D. His life
Correct answer: D. His life
His life.
Jonah 4:3
4. Until when did Jonah plan to sit under the booth?
Jonah 4:5
- A. Until the gourd withered
- B. Till he might see what would become of the city
- C. Until a ship came to Joppa
- D. Until the king sent for him
Correct answer: B. Till he might see what would become of the city
Till he might see what would become of the city.
Jonah 4:5
5. Why did the LORD prepare a gourd for Jonah?
Jonah 4:6
- A. So he could eat its fruit
- B. To show him the way to Tarshish
- C. To be a shadow over him and deliver him from his grief
- D. To mark the end of the forty days
Correct answer: C. To be a shadow over him and deliver him from his grief
That it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief.
Jonah 4:6
6. How did Jonah react to the gourd?
Jonah 4:6
- A. He offered it to the LORD
- B. He cut it down for firewood
- C. He was exceeding glad
- D. He paid it no attention
Correct answer: C. He was exceeding glad
He was exceeding glad.
Jonah 4:6
7. Why did the gourd wither?
Jonah 4:7
- A. Because the LORD prepared a worm
- B. Because Jonah cut it down
- C. Because the east wind uprooted it
- D. Because it did not rain in Nineveh
Correct answer: A. Because the LORD prepared a worm
Because the LORD sent a worm.
Jonah 4:7
8. What did the sun do to Jonah?
Jonah 4:8
- A. It burned his booth
- B. It beat upon his head
- C. It blinded him
- D. It sent him back to Joppa
Correct answer: B. It beat upon his head
It beat upon him.
Jonah 4:8
9. How many inhabitants were there in Nineveh?
Jonah 4:11
- A. More than a million
- B. More than sixscore thousand
- C. More than forty thousand
- D. More than twelve thousand
Correct answer: B. More than sixscore thousand
More than sixscore thousand (120,000).
Jonah 4:11