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Jonah and the Whale

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NINEVEH
Nineveh was the ancient capital of the Assyrian Empire, situated on the eastern bank of the Tigris River near present-day Mosul, Iraq — a great city Jonah was called to warn.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
TARSHISH
Jonah booked passage to Tarshish — in the opposite direction from Nineveh. Scholars have long debated its location, with candidates ranging from southern Spain to Sardinia.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
THREE
Jonah spent three days and three nights inside the great fish — a detail the Gospel of Matthew later recalls as a sign pointing to something even greater.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
VINE
After Nineveh repents, God causes a leafy plant — translated 'vine' or 'gourd' in various versions — to grow overnight and shade a sulking Jonah, then withers it just as fast to teach him a quiet lesson about compassion.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Jonah and the Whale — a free, large-print word search sailing into one of scripture's most beloved tales of mercy and second chances.

About Faith & Inspiration

The Book of Jonah tells of a prophet who boards a ship for Tarshish rather than answer God's call to preach in Nineveh — only to find that no sea is wide enough to outrun a purpose. When a furious storm rises, the sailors cast lots and Jonah is thrown overboard, swallowed by a great fish that carries him in darkness for three days and nights before setting him safely on dry land. It is a story less about a whale than about running, returning, and the surprising reach of compassion — Nineveh repents, and Jonah, sitting under his shade vine at the city's edge, is still learning what mercy really means.

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    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
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