Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
His spirit
Three days
General references
Bible References
His spirit
1 Samuel 14:27
But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed.
Judges 15:19
So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day.
Isaiah 40:29
He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.
Three days
1 Samuel 30:13
David said to him, "To whom do you belong, and where are you from?" The young man said, "I am an Egyptian, the servant of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me when I was ill for three days.
Esther 4:16
"Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don't eat and don't drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!"
Jonah 1:17
The Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
Matthew 27:63
and said, "Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again.'
General references
Psalm 107:5
They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.
Mark 8:3
If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."