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Jonah is miraculously swallowed by a large fish, where he survived for three days and nights.<ref>JHN 1:17</ref>  While in the great fish, Jonah prays to God and asks forgiveness and thanks God for being so forgiving, and, as a result, God commands the fish to vomit Jonah out.<ref>JHN 2</ref>

Jonah is miraculously swallowed by a large fish, where he survived for three days and nights.<ref>JHN 1:17</ref>  While in the great fish, Jonah prays to God and asks forgiveness and thanks God for being so forgiving, and, as a result, God commands the fish to vomit Jonah out.<ref>JHN 2</ref>

== Jesus on historicity of Jonah's sojourn ==

 

 

=== Jesus on historicity of Jonah's sojourn ===

According the the ''Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties'', Jesus completely accepted the facticity of Jonah's sojourn in the belly of a fish.<ref>{{hnb|Archer|1982}}</ref>  For example, in the book of Matthew and Luke, Jesus stated that he would repeat the miracle of Jonah:   

According the the ''Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties'', Jesus completely accepted the facticity of Jonah's sojourn in the belly of a fish.<ref>{{hnb|Archer|1982}}</ref>  For example, in the book of Matthew and Luke, Jesus stated that he would repeat the miracle of Jonah:   

  | Year        = 2006

  | Year        = 2006

  | Title      = Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties

  | Title      = Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties

  | Publisher  = Zondervan

  | Publisher  = Zondervan Publishing Company

  | ID          = ISBN 978-0310435709  

  | ID          = ISBN 978-0310435709  

  }}

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