Matthew 12:40

for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord had prepared (appointed, destined) a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples [clearly] that He must go to Jerusalem, and endure many things at the hands of the elders and the chief priests and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), and be killed, and be raised [from death to life] on the third day.

Matthew 17:23

and they will kill Him, and He will be raised [from death to life] on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved and distressed.

Psalm 63:9

But those who seek my life to destroy it
Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

Jonah 2:2-6

and said,

“I called out of my trouble and distress to the Lord,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied to him, “Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

Matthew 27:40

and they said [tauntingly], “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself [from death]! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Matthew 27:63-64

and said, “Sir, we have remembered that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise [from the dead].’

John 2:19

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

So

In the heart

Psalm 63:9

Jonah 2:2

General references

1 Kings 13:3

Luke 11:30

John 4:30

Bible References

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