Originally it was the leviathan, an imaginary, giant beast of the sea.
(Really giant, it covered the entire sea bed.) Since the story of Jonah is recorded in the scripture, the scripture has the answer for this.
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. A fish is not a whale, in terms of modern scientific classification, since a whale is a mammal. However it appears unclear what the actual Hebrew word used could be referring to. Some have suggested it was a large shark. The Leviathan is a different creature, with a different Hebrew word used, and so it was not a Leviathan. In any case, it was not any kind of mythological creature, but a real existent one.
He did not obey God when God commanded him to go to Ninavah and preach to the people who lived there. Instead he went the other direction to Tarshish because the people in Ninavah were lawless and he was afraid to preach to them. Along the way God sent an awful storm and Jonah was thrown off of the ship because he confessed to having disobeyed God. After that God sent a giant fish (it was a large fish not a whale) to swallow Jonah and after three days and three nights he repented, was spit up by the fish and went to teach God's messages to the people of Ninavah.
The description in the Book of Jonah is generic and nonspecific ... "a large fish".
Jonah did not swallow an animal...an animal swallowed HIM, a WHALE swallowed jonah.
Jonah was swallowed by a whale as he refused to go to the city god told him to go to . And went to another city.
The Bible does not specify the name or species of the fish, only that it was a very large one (like a whale-sized fish).
A whale or a 'great fish'
A wahle swapped Jonah.
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They were both Jewish men. Jonah, when he was swallowed by the fish was running from God. He was disobedient to God's orders. Jesus was just the opposite.
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Jonah (Source: biblical book of Jonah).
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Jonah?As in Jonah and the whale?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. [NKJV]
Jonah was in the stomach of a 'great fish' - assumed by many to be a whale - for three days and three nights.
The prophet was Yonah or Jonah. Muslims call him Yunus. Please see the related link for a discussion about his significance.
No. Joan of Arc was never swallowed by a whale. You are likely thinking of the Biblical Story of Jonah who was swallowed by a large fish.
God gives second chances. Short version of the story: The story is about Jonah being told by God to go to Nineveh, which, at the time, was the enemy of the Israelites (as Jews should properly be called). Jonah was an Israelite, and he thought that if he went, he would be killed. So instead, he set sail for Tarsus. God sent up a storm while he was on the way, and Jonah was thrown into the ocean. A big fish swallowed him up, and he stayed in its belly for 3 days and nights. He prayed for that whole time, and God commanded the fish to spit him up. Jonah went on to Nineveh to preach, and they repented. Because they repented, God didn't destroy the town.
he got swallowed by a whale aka big fish
Jonah is famous as he refus ed to go where god told him to go to. So he was swallowed by a whale and spent three days in the whales belly. Most likely the only man to be swallowed and to cime out alive.