Matthew 12:40

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

Jonah 1:17

Now the LORD had prepared a large sea creature to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights.

Matthew 16:21

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

Matthew 17:23

They will kill him, but he will be raised on the third day." Then they were filled with grief.

Psalm 63:9

But as for those who seek to destroy me, they will go down to the depths of the earth;

Jonah 2:2-6

He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

Matthew 27:40

and saying, "You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days save yourself! If you're the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

Matthew 27:63-64

and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said while he was still alive, "I will be raised after three days.'

John 2:19

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

In the heart

General references

Bible References

So

Matthew 16:21
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.
Matthew 17:23
They will kill him, but he will be raised on the third day." Then they were filled with grief.
Matthew 27:40
and saying, "You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days save yourself! If you're the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
John 2:19
Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will rebuild it."

In the heart

Psalm 63:9
But as for those who seek to destroy me, they will go down to the depths of the earth;
Jonah 2:2
He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry.

General references

1 Kings 13:3
Later that same day, he gave them a special display of power of what was to come when he said, "Here's proof that the LORD has decreed this: Look! This altar will be split apart and the ashes that are on it will spill out."
Luke 11:30
because just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
John 4:30
The people left the town and started on their way to him.

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