Below I have a comparison between Jonah and Peter that I did as part of a Bible study.  I pray you will be able to glean some information from it.  This is just what I drew out of this study.

Thank you for taking the time to review this.

God bless You.

Regina

Jonah: An Israelite

# 5352: na qah  naw kaw’:  A primitive root; to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated:- acquit X at all, X altogether, be blameless, cleanse, be clear (ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, X by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, X utterly, X wholly.

# 5355: na qiy  naw kee’: innocent-blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.

Peter:

6358: patywr  paw-toor’: passive participle of 6362- opened, i.e. (as noun) a bud:- open

6359: patiyr paw teer’ from 6362- open, i.e. unoccupied:- free

6362: patar paw tar’: a primitive root, to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape) :- dismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away.

6363: Peter peh’ter or pitrah (pit-raw) from 6362, a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix) firstling, openeth, such as open.

Jonah	Simon (Peter)
To make clean, to be bare, acquit	Opened, a bud- open
To be blameless, cleanse, clear, cut off	Open- unoccupied, free
Desolate , free, guiltless, innocent	To cleave, burst through, to emit, dismiss
Be quit, unpunished utterly, wholly	Free, let out, slip away
	Firstling (as opening the matrix),
	Openeth, such as open

Matthew 16:17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.”

Jonah

1. God called Jonah to go to Nineveh (Assyria) & speak against it (the words the Lord told him) so the people would repent.
2. Jonah didn’t want to!  He did not like them.  He would rather see them go to hell than repent.  So he ran from God.  He was headed in another direction; Tarshish.  (He went to Joppa to get to Tarshish.)
3. The sailors started out crying out to their gods, but before they threw Jonah overboard they cried out to his God, the one TRUE God.
4. The sailors “feared” the lord.   The fear of the Lord is the beginning of WISDOM.
5. Chapter 1:17 And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, & Jonah was in the stomach of the fish 3 nights & 3 days.  (Jesus was in the grave 3 nights and 3 days.
6. Jonah was thrown overboard- the waves pounded him.  He was near death & he cried out to God.  God sent the big fish to swallow him. He was thankful.  God brought him from the “pit”. – He remembered the ways of God and God saved him.

(Jesus descended to the pit before being resurrected.)

7. God called to Jonah again to go to Nineveh & proclaim His wrath. Jonah obeyed.
8. The people heard Jonah.  The people believed in God.  They called a fast and changed from their wicked ways. (They repented & God relented.)

What season is this?  It could have been Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

9. God relented; he did not destroy them.
10. Jonah became angry with God because the people repented and were spared destruction.
11. Jonah knew that God is merciful, gracious, & compassionate.  He knew God’s loving kindness.
12. Jonah prayed for death.  He would rather die than see these people saved.  He had not forgiven them.
13. Jonah left the city. God caused a plant to grow to provide him shade and Jonah was happy.
14. God sent a worm to kill the plant. The sun came up and beat on Jonah’s head and God sent a strong hot wind (scorching).  Jonah again prayed for death.
15. God told Jonah that he (Jonah) had compassion on a plant that he didn’t make grow, so how much more should God have compassion on Nineveh?

Peter (also went through Joppa)

1.      In Matthew chapter 16, the Pharisees come to test Jesus.  They asked him for a sign.  He asked them if they knew how to discern the skies, but cannot discern signs of the times. (seasons)

2.      He tells them a wicked and adulterous generation seeks the signs.  He tells them the only sign that will be given is the sign of Jonah (3 nights & 3 days).

3.      After the test of the Pharisees & Saducees the disciples came up, but they forgot bread.  Jesus told them to watch out & beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Saducees.

4.      The disciples thought he was saying that because they didn’t bring bread, but Jesus corrected them. He wasn’t talking about the leaven of their bread, but of their teaching.

5.      Jesus asks the disciples who the people say he is.

6.      They reply that some say his is John the Baptist, or Elijah; but still others called him Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

7.      He then asks then, “But who do you say I am?”

8.      V 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” V.17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.”

9.      As we reflect back to the book of Jonah, it says, “The word of the Lord came to Jonah”, and told him to go to Nineveh.  In Matthew v17 we see Jesus told Peter that God had revealed to him who he was.  Both Jonah and Peter studied the Torah.  They both knew the season.  They knew what time it was because of studying and following Torah.

10.  In Matthew v 4 Jesus had told the Pharisees and Saducees the only sign would be the sign of Jonah.  Peter knew who Jesus was because of studying Torah.  He knew the season.  This is partly why Jesus called him Son of Jonah.

11.  In Matthew 16:22-23 Jesus had already told the disciples what would happen to him, but Peter being very upset, did not want this to happen.  He said, “God forbid it.” Jesus then rebuked him and called him a stumbling block because he did not want God’s will; Jesus as our sacrifice, to save many; but he wanted his will…Jesus there with him as teacher.  He loved Jesus.

Jonah did not want God’s will, the people of Nineveh spared.  No, he would rather die.  Peter did not want God’s will, Jesus to suffer as the sacrificial lamb that many (all) may have life.  He wanted Jesus there with him!

Jonah’s name means acquittal- to make clean, cleanse, hence the repentance of Nineveh.

Peter’s name means a bud-open, to cleave or burst through, free, let shoot out, slip away-open.

Hence through Jesus’ sacrifice the barrier between us and God (sin) would be open.  We would have an advocate with God.  An opening to God.