Did Jonah die and rise from the dead?

I've heard from a friend a theory claiming Jonah died in the whale's belly and then he was raised from the dead to preach to the Ninevites. He told me it is based on those verses: > "He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord, > and he answered me. From **deep in the realm of the dead** I called for help, > and you listened to my cry." > *([Jonah 2:2](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jonah+2%3A2&version=NIV) , NIV)* > "He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But > none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as > Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so > the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the > earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this > generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of > Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here." > *([Matthew 12:39:41](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mat+12%3A39-41&version=NIV) , NIV)* I told him I don't agree with his theory because Jonah prayed inside the whale, but he was inflexible. Also, here is an answer to raise this issue: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/4868/jonah-and-the-whale-is-there-any-scientific-proof-that-it-is-possible-to-survi/4876#4876 I would especially like to hear answers from a Pentecostal perspective.