Woodznutz
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Jonah was swallowed and survived in a fish that was specially prepared by God for that purpose.Summary of Jonah.
Ancient people understood as well as we do that nobody could survive three days in the belly of a fish.
Christians, however, maintained that with God anything was possible, and therefore Jonah could have survived being swallowed by the fish.
But they also understood Jonah allegorically because Jesus did, as a foreshadowing of his own death and resurrection.
And ultimately, Jonah's historicity shouldn't be treated as a stumbling block; if that's the only thing standing between the seeker and faith, let them believe first and unravel the mystery later.