Jonah was like his forefather Adam

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

Jonah was like his forefather Adam who thought that he could hide from the presence of the Lord behind the trees!

Did Jonah think that God was not present in the ship or in the sea and that he could slip out of His hand? Was this not utter foolishness, and lack of faith in God's infinite omnipotence? Or was it a childlike behavior of a helpless confused person who did not know what to do'? He did not know that God's command would pursue him everywhere. Indeed, sin extinguishes the light of perception in a man, making him forget even matters of intuition.

In Joppa, Jonah found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare and went down into it.