the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne and worship the one who lives for ever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne and say,
They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: ‘Hail, king of the Jews! ’
For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish , for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.