Jonah 1 – Bible Study Questions

Jonah 1 – EasyEnglish Bible (EASY)

Jonah runs away

v1-2 — Who spoke to whom? Where did God want Jonah to go? What did God want Jonah to do? Why?

v3 — What did Jonah do? What price did he really pay?

A big storm

v4 — What was God's reaction to what Jonah did? What was the result?

v5 — What was the difference between Jonah and the sailors? What did the sailors do to try to change things?

v6 — What did the captain think Jonah should be doing?

v7 — How did the men decide to find out who was guilty?

v8 — Who first asks you questions like this that you hear? God, yourself or other people? If you are wise, who would it be?

v9 — Who are you? What would you say if someone asked you? Was what Jonah said right?

v10 — Why were the men so scared when they had their own gods? What could the men not understand?

v11 — What did the men experience? Where did they expect to find an answer?

v12 — What was Jonah's reply to the men? Did Jonah understand his situation?

v13 — What did the sailors want to do? What did they try to do? What was the result?

v14 — What do these sailors know about the *Lord? What did they know about the value of human life? What did they know about justice (being fair)?

v15 — Who threw Jonah into the sea? What did the *Lord do then?

v16 — What happened to the men? What did they do as a result?

v17 — What do you learn about the *Lord? What do you learn about Jonah and the huge fish?