For just like Jonah was in the stomach of the huge fish for three days and nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth [i.e., the cave-tomb] for three days and nights.
Luke 2:46 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And it happened after three days that they found Him in the Temple, sitting in the middle of the [Jewish] teachers, listening to them and asking questions. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition After three days they found Him [came upon Him] in the [court of the] temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions: Common English Bible After three days they found him in the temple. He was sitting among the teachers, listening to them and putting questions to them. Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, listening to them and questioning them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions. |
For just like Jonah was in the stomach of the huge fish for three days and nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth [i.e., the cave-tomb] for three days and nights.
From that time onward Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the [Jewish] elders, leading priests, and experts in the Law of Moses; [that He would then] be killed and [yet] raised up on the third day.
And all of them who heard Him were amazed at His understanding [i.e., of spiritual matters] and His answers [to questions they would ask Him].
And it happened on one of those days [in Capernaum. See Mark 2:1], as Jesus was teaching, that some Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] and teachers of the Law of Moses, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, were sitting around [i.e., listening to Him]. And the power of the Lord was with Him, enabling Him to heal people.
Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of the Israelites and [yet] you do not understand these things?
But [then] Gamaliel, a Council member, who was a Pharisee [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion], and an expert in the Law of Moses and highly regarded by all the people, stood up and ordered the apostles to step outside [of the Council meeting] briefly.
They want to be teachers of the Law of Moses, even though they do not understand what they are saying or what they are affirming with [such] confidence.