based on the book of jonah
2006-10-31 05:13:53 · 44 answers · asked by patricia m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A whale
2006-10-31 05:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Nico Suave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great fish, a huge fish: that is from about 8 versions of the Scriptures. The assumption is that it was a whale, but that would be only an assumption, based on the fish that we know to be able to swallow and hold in its belly a grown man.
Although a whale is a mammal, it could have been thought of as a fish to people of that time, then again, let's just figure, as the Bibles say, a great or huge fish.
2006-10-31 05:19:52 · answer #2 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A great fish
Passage Jonah 1:17: from King James version
17Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
2006-10-31 05:17:19 · answer #3 · answered by jesus_freak_az 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jonah 1:17 "Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."
2006-10-31 05:16:55 · answer #4 · answered by rubikscube 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is described as a "big fish." Some think it could have been a whale. Recently some fishermen caught a really big fish and cut it open and found a man (dead) inside. I have no problem believing the story of Jonah.
2006-10-31 05:17:47 · answer #5 · answered by happygirl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was a creature appointed by God to 'deal with' Jonah's disobedience. The problem is not identifying this creature; it's our unwillingness to concede God's miraculous sovereignty over his creatures. Today miracle is taken to be synonymous with the non-historical, the non-real. But the Bible shows Jonah's ordeal and 3 days inside this creature, before being spewed out alive, was a type foreshadowing Jesus' death and resurrection. Of course, if you don't believe in one, you won't be able to believe in the other.
2006-10-31 08:05:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 20:54:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I big fish. Jonah had a whale of a time
2006-10-31 05:15:47 · answer #8 · answered by nettyone2003 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A whale did swallow Jonah.
2006-10-31 05:16:08 · answer #9 · answered by tequillajenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A large fish.
It may not have been a whale like many suggest. But then again it could have been. It is not certain what kind of fish. The bible states A big fish.
Therefore we should believe, because it is the truth. God Rules!
2006-10-31 05:17:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whale
2006-10-31 05:15:23 · answer #11 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋