“Tobias, guided by the angel, stayed the first night near the river Tigris; and he went out to wash his feet, and behold, a huge fish came out to devour him. Here again, the sacrament of the Lord's passion is more clearly signified. The huge fish, which was killed by Tobias when it attempted to devour him, as taught by…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Tobit
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2And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river, and would have devoured him.
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1And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.
— Tobit 6:2 —
3Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land.
4To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the liver and the gall, and put them up safely.