Long ago in a place called Gath-Hepher there lived a man

Jonah Amitai was his name; a prophet from a Hebrew clan

So begins the 38-line poem inside about a Hebrew prophet who ran from God and spent three days and three nights in the belly of a monster. Who could believe such a story? Many say there was never a Jonah. But we know from Jesus Jonah existed. When religious leaders asked Him for a miraculous sign, Jesus answered the only sign He will give is the sign of the prophet Jonah. “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

So, there was a Jonah! And, yes he spent three days and three nights in the belly of a fish just as Jesus did in a tomb. No truth ever becomes a lie because people don’t want to accept it.