Matthew 12:40 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴⁰ “For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so shall the Son of Aḏam be three days and three nights 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.

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

2 Kings 14:25

He restored the border of Yisra’ĕl from the entrance of Ḥamath to the Sea of the Araḇah, according to the word of יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, which He had spoken through His servant Yonah son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Ḥĕpher.

Psalm 63:9

But those who seek to destroy my life, Go into the lower parts of the earth.

Jonah 1:17

But יהוה appointed a great fish to swallow Yonah. And Yonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

Matthew 12:8

“For the Son of Aḏam is Master of the Sabbath.”

Matthew 16:21

From that time יהושע began to show to His taught ones that it was necessary for Him to go to Yerushalayim, and to suffer much from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and to be raised again the third day.

Matthew 17:23

and they shall kill Him, and the third day He shall be raised up.” And they were deeply grieved.

Matthew 27:40

and saying, “You who destroy the Dwelling Place and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of Elohim, come down from the stake.”

Matthew 28:6

“He is not here, for He was raised, as He said. Come, see the place where the Master lay.

Matthew 8:20

And יהושע said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven nests, but the Son of Aḏam has nowhere to lay His head.”

John 2:19

יהושע answered and said to them, “Destroy this Dwelling Place, and in three days I shall raise it.”