Matthew 12:40 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁰ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ For even 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.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Just as Jonah was in the whale’s belly for three days and three nights, so the Human One will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Matthew 12:40 Cross References

Matthew 12:8

For the Son of man is lord [i.e., has authority] over the Sabbath day.”

Matthew 16:21

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.

Matthew 17:23

and they will kill Him, but on the third day He will be raised up [from the dead].” And they were very grieved [when they heard this].

Matthew 27:40

saying, “You who [said you] would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself [from dying]; if you [really] are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Matthew 28:6

He is not here, for He has risen just as He said [He would]. Come and see the place where the Lord had been lying,

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied to him, “The foxes have dens [in which to live] and the birds of the sky have nests [in which to roost]; but the Son of man does not have anywhere to lay His head.”

John 2:19

Jesus answered them, “[If you] destroy this Temple, I will raise it up in three days.”