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
He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
Jonah 1:17
Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah 2:10
Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
Jonah 3:2
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you."
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.