Matthew Poole and continuators on Jonah 1:17

17 ¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah: And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three dayes, and three nights .

And, Heb.

Created at first say some, but what need that when a mighty overgrown fish of a double age may do this by God's will and appointment attended the ship, and follow'd it in the storm, expecting a prey, and ready to receive the Prisoner.

A Whale as we read, Math. 12.40. others say 'twas a shark, a fish common in those seas.

Not to chew upon him, but to take him down whole,

in safe custody,

that he might rightly typify Christ's Burial in the Grave.

Marginal references: Math. 16 4. Luk. 11.3[illegible: 1 letter].; Heb. bowels.