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
Jonathan had not heard that his father forced the people to take an oath. So he stretched out the tip of the staff he had in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he put it to his mouth his eyes lit up.
Judges 15:19
God opened a hollow place in the ground there at Lehi, and water came out of it. Samson drank it and felt better. The spring was named Hakkore. It still exists there at Lehi.
Isaiah 40:29
He gives strength to those who grow tired and increases the strength of those who are weak.
Three days
1 Samuel 30:13
Who is your master? Where are you from? David asked. I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite, he answered. My master left me behind three days ago when I got sick.
Esther 4:16
Go assemble all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Take no food or drink night or day for three days. My women and I will do the same. Then I will go in to the king even though it is against the law. If death is to be my fate, then let it come.
Jonah 1:17
However, Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Matthew 27:63
They said: Sir, we remember while he was yet alive, the deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.'
General references
Psalm 107:5
Hungry and thirsty, they fainted within.
Mark 8:3
If I send them away to their houses with no food they will be weak and faint. Some of them have a long way to go.