Matthew 12:40

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For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great 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.

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  • Matt 16:21 : 21 From that time on, Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and on the third day be raised to life.
  • Matt 17:23 : 23 'They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.' And the disciples were deeply grieved.
  • Matt 27:63-64 : 63 They said, 'Sir, we remember that while He was still alive, that deceiver said, "After three days I will rise again."' 64 'So order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, or else His disciples may come and steal Him away, and tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead." This last deception would be worse than the first.'
  • John 2:19 : 19 Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.'
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.'
  • Matt 27:40 : 40 'You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!'
  • Ps 63:9 : 9 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
  • Jonah 2:2-6 : 2 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish. 3 He said, 'I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me. From the depths of the grave, I cried out, and You heard my voice.' 4 You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the currents surrounded me. All Your waves and breakers swept over me. 5 I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.' 6 The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

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