Matthew 12:40

New King James 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 territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Hepher.

Psalm 63:9

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

Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord had prepared 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 Jesus began to show to 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 the third day.

Matthew 17:23

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

Matthew 27:40

and saying, “You who 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 is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord 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 and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”