Calminian
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I just meant Jonah was inside the fish's body that long. (It was not a whale, BTW.) That was always how I interpreted it because he can't literally be inside a fish's stomach and outside its body at the same time.
The analogy Jesus offered tells us that whatever the "heart of the earth" metaphor means, it lasted 3 days and 3 nights. Jesus was under the authority of earthly men for exactly 3 days and 3 nights, starting Thursday night with Sunday being the third day. That works perfectly with the analogy.
And not to get sidetracked, but the creature could have been a whale. The word for fish there is very generic. Our nomenclature is different today from then. Many swimming animals could have fallen under this particular Hebrew word.
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