Matthew 12:40

Conservative English Version

He was in the stomach of a big fish for three days and nights, just as the Son of Man will be deep in the earth for three days and nights.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:25

Jeroboam extended the boundaries of Israel from Lebo-Hamath in the north to the Dead Sea in the south, just as the LORD had promised his servant Jonah son of Amittai, who was a prophet from Gath-Hepher.

Psalm 63:9

All who want to kill me will end up in the ground.

Jonah 1:17

The LORD sent a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

Matthew 12:8

So the Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath.

Matthew 16:21

From then on, Jesus began telling his disciples what would happen to him. He said, "I must go to Jerusalem. There the nation's leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses will make me suffer terribly. I will be killed, but three days later I will rise to life."

Matthew 17:23

who will kill him. But three days later he will rise to life." All of this made the disciples very sad.

Matthew 27:40

shouted, "So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days! If you are God's Son, save yourself and come down from the cross!"

Matthew 28:6

He isn't here! God has raised him to life, just as Jesus said he would. Come, see the place where his body was lying.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own."

John 2:19

"Destroy this temple," Jesus answered, "and in three days I will build it again!"