Matthew 12:40 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.

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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.

Matthew 12:40 Cross References

2 Kings 14:25

He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.

Psalm 63:9

But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;

Jonah 1:17

But the Lord provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Matthew 12:8

For the Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”

Matthew 16:21

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

Matthew 17:23

and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were greatly distressed.

Matthew 27:40

and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Matthew 28:6

He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.

Matthew 8:20

And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

John 2:19

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