By the way, the sign of Jonah is more like the olive leave the dove sent forth by Noach carried in its mouth.
The olive being the fruit that being pressed provides the oil, both essence of the light and main ingredient of the oil of holy anoinment.
Greek θλῖψις, translated with tribulation, does denote also the pressing of the olive.
Rootverb θλίβω = make narrow, persecute, press hard, crush.
The olive being the sixth fruit of the land mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:8.
Olive pressed on the sixth day provides its light after "three days and three nights", on the third day (= eighth day)
The Olivet discourse is situated on the mount of Olives, where also was the garden Getsemane = "gat sh'manim" = oil press.
The olive being the fruit that being pressed provides the oil, both essence of the light and main ingredient of the oil of holy anoinment.
Greek θλῖψις, translated with tribulation, does denote also the pressing of the olive.
Rootverb θλίβω = make narrow, persecute, press hard, crush.
The olive being the sixth fruit of the land mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:8.
Olive pressed on the sixth day provides its light after "three days and three nights", on the third day (= eighth day)
The Olivet discourse is situated on the mount of Olives, where also was the garden Getsemane = "gat sh'manim" = oil press.
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