"For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the sea-monster's belly, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road."

However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'"

"You who were going to destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

"We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, 'I will rise again after three days.'