Bible Trivia Question

What happened to Jonah after he was thrown overboard?


He was carried by God to shore
He was swallowed by a great fish
He clung to some driftwood
He swam to shore

He was swallowed by a great fish

Jonah 1:17 - What Jonah is best known for, though there is much speculation to what creature actually swallowed him. It couldn't have been a whale because the throat of a whale can barely take the size of a man's leg - a shark might be more likely, but "Jonah and the Shark" doesn't quite have the same ring to it!

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