The biblical story of Jonah has always seemed rather fantastical; after all, who could survive in the belly of a whale? Since when do whales swallow people? Well, since this week, apparently ...

Nestled in the whale’s stomach is a man. You are thinking it is Jonah, and I guess it is ... All that is inside the belly of the whale is the name of the Lord. I prodded this idea a bit ...

Because the imagery is so compelling in the story, we think of Jonah going down into the belly of the whale, which then becomes a sign of Jesus going down into death and then rising up again.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.’ (Matthew 12:39-40; cf. Luke 11:29-32 ...

(JTA) — If one were to imagine what the prophet Jonah saw on his way down into the gullet of the whale, it might be something like this: He slides feet first into its mouth on two inches of warm ...

Now to a whale of a tale, a literal whale. It resembles the biblical Jonah or young Pinocchio ... Adrian Simancas was never in the belly of whale. CHANG: Which was a relief - but I'm guessing ...