I mean that was one possibility. But there are so many others!
- He was homeless! Jesus wandered around with no place to sleep at night. Surely he wasn't wealthy enough to pay for some behemoth's meal.
- He was the best fisherman, like, ever!
- He left Judas hanging, why not her? Ha, ha, ha!
I'm just kidding all these jokes are terrible but Leviticus just wasn't the way to go, homeboy.