Was Jonah swallowed by a fish or a whale? View all View original

This Bible contradiction is from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.

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Jonah was swallowed by a big fish.

Jonah 1:17 View context

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah was swallowed by a whale.

Matthew 12:40 View context

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.