When Jonah was cast into the sea, a "great fish" that the **** had prepared for him swallowed him. Jonah was swallowed by a fish, not a whale, since a whale is a mammal, not a fish.By a WhaleMatthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly. The Greek word translated "whale" in the King James Version (above) and many other English translations may also be translated "great fish." The word is ketos or kaytos � probably derived from the word xasma or khasmah (from which we get the English word chasm) � referring to a huge fish "gaping for prey." More than likely the translators of the 17th century KJV didn't know or didn't care that a whale is not a fish; for them, if it swam and had "fins," it was a fish.By a FishJonah 1:17 Now the **** had prepared a great