What Kind Of Fish Swallowed Jonah? How Did He Survive? - Swallowed By A Whale - Science Documentary

The Biblical story of Jonah describes a man being swallowed by a whale, and surviving inside the stomach for 3 days and 3 nights. But the description of the animal doesn’t match what we know today as a whale. Is is possible for a man to survive inside an animals stomach for that long? And what was the animal that swallowed Jonah?

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[oldyeller]

Sorry guys, the story is absolutely true exactly as it is written

[snoopy]

While researching this further I found some theories that seem to make very solid sense that Jonah did indeed die in the belly of the "fish" (whatever creature it may be), and then that God revived him after the fish spat him up. Then later in the Bible it showed that Jesus compared his own death & resurrection to "the sign of Jonah" and that "like Jonah" he would spend 3 days in Sheol (the resting place in which souls waited/slept after death before final judgment day). Was very very interesting and made alot of sense with the parallel comparisons to Jesus later talking about his own death & resurrection.

[Alex-Trejo]

The fish could've been any species. It just had to be big enough to swallow Jonah. This video is overlooking God's role in making it possible that Jonah survive inside the big fish. If God can make three men survive in a fiery furnace, he can surely make Jonah survive three days & three nights in the belly of a huge fish.

[trevorhammond]

I believe God just simply created a new type of giant fish just for jonah. And after fish barft up jonah, God let it Rome the sea for the rest of it's life.

[Aces]

It is not possible to survive in any whale, however God can make anything possible even stop the Earth from rotating

[joshuamoore_]

There is a video showing two kayakers being swallowed by humpback whale in San Obispo Bay California on YouTube and the video was posted a year ago.

[kimlombard]

Well, Jonah must have been frightened because he repented, and a few days and nights in the above videos deduction of a 'large fish', being now a constellational "belly of the whale", wouldn't induce fear. Nor would being in a submarine-like vessel, with eyes as windows to see in the sea surrounds and in the abyss, induce Jonah to repent of his sins. Nor would this deep sea vessel cause Jonah to be dying, and be bleached and going blind in one eye, if it was spacious and had a pearl for a light inside. That sounds rather comforting and not harrowing. Jonah suffered from the stomach acids inside the belly of this large fish. Jonah feared for his life. He knew he had disobeyed God, he fleed and was consequently punished by God, who caused/instructed a 'large fish' to swallow him whole. He still would have died, because the scripture says that after he went to hell and repented, then God resurrected him, and he was promptly spat or vomited out on land by this large fish. The large fish needn't have macerated Jonah''s flesh at all, since it was instructed by God to swallow him whole, and thereafter, it was instructed to spit/vomit Jonah out. Every living thing on the earth, in the earth, the air and in the sea obeys God, because God already created these living creatures, as He stated, in the Genesis account.

[KorbynTaylor]

I personally think it was a whale-shark that swallowed Jonah.

[danielwelch]

That was the wildest conclusion. The story literally documents him getting on a boat and sailing through a storm.

[kryptonite]

Many of you think that Jonah was alive inside the fish but no he died and rose again.

[millicentgordon]

interesting either this is true or maybe the fish that god used is somewhere far away as remember 80 percent of the ocean is still unexplored or we could say god made the fish appear for that one task and then dissapeared after

[NeonGhostWolf]

Got me in the first half til the end. Ngl

[chainjail]

theres also this story in Quran. i wonder the prophet still survived so i came here.

[sagesarabia]

2:35 how does the original writer of the book of Jonah know that Jonah begged God for forgiveness for 3 days and 3 nights? Only way is if Jonah told him. And If he didn’t tell him then that means that part is made up. Which the means the story of Jonah isn’t real. And Pretty sure the book of Jonah isnt written by Jonah because the story refers to Jonah in the 3rd person. For example the book uses the words.. “He begged God…”

I’m fascinated by the Bible and Christianity but I just can’t believe that it’s true. So hard to believe.

[noreensirianni]

Any idea of the ancient biblical date this occurred on the Hebrew calendar rather than Gregorian?

[lizbethtjiandra]

In islamic version, jonah swallowed by fish called nun (read : noon) it's not a whale or shark, so you have to find out what is nun fish

[julioquirino]

Jonah didn't survive.
He died and came back to life as Jesus said

[GilObregon-hjzh]

God could have allowed Jonah to survive inside of a large "fish" or whale -- or, He could have allowed him to survive inside of an angelic submarine (or a seaworthy advanced-technology craft).
I vote for the sub/craft. Of course, Jonah would have had no idea that there was such a thing -- thus, in the belly of a "fish".

[stevendubberly]

Why do we think he survived? Couldn't he have died and been resurrected? Humans cannot live in fish stomach acid. This would TRULY be the sign of Jonah.

[gwentomlinson]

How can the stars vomit Jonah up on dry ground? Lol. One one God will bring forward a fossil that will confirm His story