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How should Ephesians 3:15 be understood?

How should Ephesians 3:15 be understood?

Ephesians 3:15: ἐξ οὗ πᾶσα πατριὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς ὀνομάζεται (NA 28)
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named (ESV)

The ESV adds this footnote to the word family: Or from whom all fatherhood; the Greek word patria i…

Did Jonah actually die in the whale?

Did Jonah actually die in the whale?

I know the common understanding is that Jonah waited, alive and conscious, in the belly of the whale until he was spat out.

Has a euphemized “children’s version” become accepted truth? Perhaps we can set preconceptions aside for the momen…