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Jan 4, 2022 · The Bible’s plain teaching is that, yes, Jonah was truly swallowed by a whale (or a great fish). The biblical account of Jonah is often criticized by skeptics because of its miraculous content. These miracles include the following events: • A storm is summoned and dissipated by God (1:4–16).
It may or may not have been a whale; the Bible doesn’t say exactly what kind of fish it was. It simply says Jonah was swallowed by “a great fish” which God provided for this purpose, and that it spit him out after a period of three days (Jonah 1:17). Did it actually happen?
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The question is often asked as to whether a whale could actually swallow a man. In the first place, it should be pointed out that nowhere in the original Old Testament or New Testament language does it say a whale swallowed Jonah. The word “whale” does not even appear in the King James Version in the book of Jonah. The Hebrew word for fish is “dag,...
In the Matthew Henry COMMENTARY ON THE WHOLE BIBLE, Volume 4, page 1286, the following comments on Jonah .1:17 are given: “…prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, a whale our Savior calls it (Matthew 12:40), one of the largest sorts of whales that have wider throats than others, in the belly of which has sometimes been found the dead body of a ...
In BARNES’ NOTES ON THE NEW TESTAMENT, page 134, an explanation of Matthew 12:40 is: “This event took place in the Mediterranean Sea, somewhere between Joppa and Tarshish…It is said that the whale seldom passes into that sea, and that its throat is too small to admit a man. It is probable, therefore, that a fish of the shark kind is intended. Shark...
There is much controversy over the subject of the fish of Jonah. A word study of the Greek word ketos in STRONG’S EXHAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE shows the Greek meaning as “a huge fish (as gaping for prey): — whale.” A further word study for the word “whale” is found in WILSON’S OLD TESTMENT WORD STUDIES, page 479: “Whale–…a great fish, sea monster, or rat...
King James Version. 17 Now 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. 2 Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Could God command a whale to swallow and then throw up Jonah? Yes. It is also important to remember that “... nothing will be impossible with God” ( Luke 1:37 ).
Sep 30, 2022 · God sent a great storm upon the ship and the men decided Jonah was to blame so they threw him overboard. As soon as they tossed Jonah in the water, the storm stopped. God sent a big fish, some call it a whale, to swallow Jonah and to save him from drowning.
Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights. Contemporary English Version The LORD sent a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
