Matthew 12:40

Modern English Version

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:25

He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Lebo Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which He spoke by His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath Hepher.

Psalm 63:9

But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow 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 even of the Sabbath.”

Matthew 16:21

From that time on, Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

Matthew 17:23

and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were extremely sorrowful.

Matthew 27:40

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 risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

John 2:19

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