Was Jonah swallowed by a fish or a whale?

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324. Was Jonah swallowed by a fish or a whale?

Jonah was swallowed by a big fish.

Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. Jonah 1:17

Jonah was swallowed by a whale.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly. Matthew 12:40

See also:: Who cast Jonah into the sea?
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