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Jonah and the Great Fish

Jonah ran from God’s instruction, but God rescued him and gave him another chance to obey.

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Color the story, one scene at a time.

Choose individual pages for your group, or print a coordinated story sheet when one is available.

Print Jonah and the Great Fish: 4-Scene Story Sheet

Jonah stands facing a distant view of Nineveh while a symbolic light from above represents the LORD’s command to go there.

God Sends Jonah to Nineveh

Jonah 1–4

Jonah boards a ship at Joppa to travel toward Tarshish instead of going to Nineveh, as described in Jonah 1:3.

Jonah Boards the Ship

Jonah 1–4

Jonah being carefully lowered from a ship toward the sea during a great storm, with sailors nearby and a calm-water cue showing the sea becoming calm.

The Storm and the Calm Sea

Jonah 1–4

Jonah praying inside a great fish in the sea, with a sequence showing three days and three nights before his release onto dry land.

Jonah Prays Inside the Great Fish

Jonah 1–4

Jonah walking through Nineveh and announcing that the city will be overthrown in forty days while people listen.

Jonah Announces Nineveh’s Warning

Jonah 1–4

Jonah, the king of Nineveh, and people throughout Nineveh responding to God’s warning with sackcloth, ashes, humility, and repentance.

Nineveh Turns Back

Jonah 1–4

Jonah beneath a simple shelter east of Nineveh, looking toward the city while upset, based on Jonah 4:1–5.

Jonah Waits Outside Nineveh

Jonah 1–4

Jonah beneath a plant’s shade while a visual sequence shows the plant, worm, scorching east wind, and Nineveh with people and animals in the distance.

The Plant and God’s Question

Jonah 1–4

Scripture reference

Jonah 1–4

Use this reference as you prepare and read the account with your class.

Talk together

A thoughtful question

What does it mean to obey God?