Bible Trivia Question

What happened to Jonah after he was thrown overboard?


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

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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