Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Bible References

General references

Luke 24:46
And he said to them, That so has it been written, and so was it necessary for Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Jonah 1:17
And Jehovah will prepare a great fish to swallow down Jonah: and Jonah will be in-the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah 2:10
And Jehovah will say to the fish, and he will vomit forth Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah 3:2
Arise, go to Nineveh the great city, and call to it the calling which I speak to thee.
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.