{"id":38196,"date":"2013-03-31T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=38196"},"modified":"2021-09-24T21:24:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T02:24:39","slug":"can-someone-live-in-a-giant-fish-for-three-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-someone-live-in-a-giant-fish-for-three-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Can someone live in a giant fish for three days?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Can someone live in a giant fish for three days? I&#8217;ve never understood that. I know it&#8217;s referencing Jesus&#8217; situation, but it confuses me. When Jesus is getting baptized did God really shout from the sky? I probably seem really ignorant, but I thought it would be good to start reading the Word again, and I might as well start with things I don&#8217;t understand. Is that the right way to do it?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>If you were talking about common everyday events, then, no, people don&#8217;t typically survive in the belly of a fish for three days, nor do we hear God speak from heaven. The reason these events are important is that the normal is not being done by God. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-miracles-happen-every-day\/\">Do miracles happen every day?<\/a>\u00a0But since God is able to make the entire universe, it is not a great stretch to realize that He can suspend the laws of nature to accomplish something that no one else can do.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Can someone live in a giant fish for three days? I&#8217;ve never understood that. I know it&#8217;s referencing Jesus&#8217; situation, but it confuses me. When Jesus is getting baptized did God really shout from the sky? I probably seem really ignorant, but I thought it would be good to start reading the Word again,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[404,363],"class_list":["post-38196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-jonah","tag-miracles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9469,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-was-jesus-in-the-grave-for-three-days\/","url_meta":{"origin":38196,"position":0},"title":"Why was Jesus in the grave for three days?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 16, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: My 8-year-old grandson asked me a question and I didn't know how to answer him. Maybe you can help. Why was Jesus dead 3 days before He rose? Why not 1 day or 2 days? And what did he do in that time, if anything? Thanks for your help.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8745,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-miracles-happen-every-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":38196,"position":1},"title":"Do miracles happen every day?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Recently, in a discussion, someone said that miracles happen every day; and that if you anoint someone and pray over them, then they can be healed. Also, they say that proof of miracles today is the fruits of the Spirit. They \"defy the nature of man,\" so they are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6891,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-are-miracles-not-happening-in-the-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":38196,"position":2},"title":"Why are miracles not happening in the church?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi! I am a member of the church. One thing I never understood is this: There are movies, such as Breakthrough, a true story about a boy falling through ice, then being pronounced dead, and then his mother prays over him and suddenly he starts breathing again, and then\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24893,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-jesus-spend-three-days-in-hades\/","url_meta":{"origin":38196,"position":3},"title":"Did Jesus spend three days in hades?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I had a lady try to tell me that Jesus spent three days in Hades before he arose from the grave. I didn't really get to discuss this with her because she had to leave.\u00a0How do people come up with this kind of thinking? Answer: Sometimes people make up\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":94997,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/three-days\/","url_meta":{"origin":38196,"position":4},"title":"Three Days","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Chadwick Brewer \"They departed and went into the hills and remained there three days until the pursuers returned, and the pursuers searched all along the way and found nothing\" (Joshua 2:22). 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