Matthew 12:40

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For as Ionas was three dayes, and three nyghtes, in the Whales belly: so shall the sonne of man be three dayes, and three nyghtes, in the heart of the earth.

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  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 And the Lorde prepared a great fishe to swalowe vp Ionas: & Ionas was in the belly of the fishe three dayes and three nightes.
  • Matt 16:21 : 21 From that tyme foorth, began Iesus to shewe vnto his disciples, howe that he must go vnto Hierusalem, and suffer many thynges of the elders, and hye priestes, & scribes, and must be kylled, and be raysed agayne the thyrde day.
  • Matt 17:23 : 23 And they shall kyll hym, & the thyrde day shall he ryse agayne: And they were exceadyng sory.
  • Matt 27:63-64 : 63 Saying. Sir, we remember that this deceauer sayde whyle he was yet aliue: After three dayes I wil arise agayne. 64 Commaunde therfore, that the sepulchre be made sure, vntyll the thirde day: lest his disciples come by nyght & steale hym away, and say vnto the people, he is rysen from the dead: & the last error shalbe worse then the first.
  • John 2:19 : 19 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: Destroy this temple, & in three dayes I wyll reare it vp.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Iesus sayth vnto hym. The foxes haue holes, and the birdes of the ayre haue nestes: but the sonne of man, hath not where to rest his head.
  • Ps 63:9 : 9 And they that seeke my soule to oppresse it: shall go vnder the earth.
  • Jonah 2:2-6 : 2 And saide: In affliction I cryed vnto the Lorde, and he heard me: out of the belly of hell cryed I, and thou heardest my voyce. 3 Thou haddest cast me downe into the deepe, into the middest of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes and waues passed ouer me. 4 And I saide: I am cast away out of thy sight, yet wyll I loke againe toward thyne holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me euen vnto the soule, the deapth closed me on euery side, and the weedes were wrapt about my head. 6 I went downe to the bottome of the mountaines, the earth with her barres was about me for euer: yet hast thou brought vp my lyfe from corruption, O Lorde my God.
  • Matt 27:40 : 40 And saying: Thou that destroyedst the temple, & buyldest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe. If thou be the sonne of God, come downe from the crosse.

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  • Luke 11:29-32
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    29When the people were gathered thicke together, he began to saye: This is an euyll natio, they seke a signe, and there shall no signe be geuen them, but the signe of Ionas the prophete.

    30For as Ionas was a signe to the Niniuites, so shall also the sonne of man be to this nation.

    31The Queene of the south shall ryse in iudgement with the men of this nation, and condempne them: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth, to heare the wisedome of Solomon: And beholde, a greater then Solomon is here.

    32The men of Niuiue shall rise in iudgement with this nation, and shall condempne them, for they repented at the preachyng of Ionas: and beholde, a greater then Ionas is here.

  • Jonah 1:17
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    17And the Lorde prepared a great fishe to swalowe vp Ionas: & Ionas was in the belly of the fishe three dayes and three nightes.

  • Matt 12:41-42
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    79%

    41The men of Niniue shall ryse in the iudgement, with this nation, and condemne it, because they repented at the preachyng of Ionas: and beholde, here is one greater then Ionas.

    42The Queene of the south shall ryse in the iudgement, with this generation, and shall condemne it: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth, to heare the wisdome of Solomon. And beholde, in this place is one greater then Solomon.

  • Matt 12:39
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    39But he aunswered and sayde to them. The euyll and adulterous generation seketh a signe, and there shall no signe be geuen to it, but the signe of the prophete Ionas.

  • Luke 17:26
    73%

    26And as it was in the dayes of Noe: so shall it be also in the dayes of the sonne of man.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37But as the dayes of Noe were, so shall also the commyng of the sonne of man be.

  • Luke 12:40
    72%

    40Be ye therfore redy also, for ye sonne of man wyll come at an houre when ye thynke not.

  • Jonah 3:3-4
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    3So Ionas arose, and went to Niniue according to the word of the Lord (Niniue was a great citie and excellent, of three dayes iourney.)

    4And Ionas began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney, and he cryed & saide: Yet fourtie dayes, & Niniue shalbe destroyed.

  • Mark 9:31
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    31For he taught his disciples, and sayde vnto them: The sonne of man, shalbe deliuered into the handes of men, & they shall kyll him: and, after that he is kylled, he shall ryse agayne the thirde day.

  • Luke 17:30
    70%

    30Euen thus shall it be, in the day when the sonne of man shalbe reuealed.

  • Luke 17:24
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    24For as the lyghtnyng, that lyghtneth out of the one part that is vnder heauen, and shyneth vnto the other part which is vnder heauen: so shall the sonne of man be in his daye.

  • Luke 24:7
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    7Saying: that the sonne of man must be deliuered into the handes of sinfull men, and be crucified, and the thirde day rise agayne.

  • Jonah 2:1-2
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    70%

    1And Ionas prayed vnto the Lorde his God out of the fisshes belly.

    2And saide: In affliction I cryed vnto the Lorde, and he heard me: out of the belly of hell cryed I, and thou heardest my voyce.

  • John 2:19-21
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    70%

    19Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: Destroy this temple, & in three dayes I wyll reare it vp.

    20Then sayde the Iewes, fourtie and sixe yeres was this temple a buildyng, and wilt thou reare it vp in three dayes?

    21But he spake of the temple of his body.

  • Jonah 2:10
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    10And the Lorde spake vnto the fisshe, and it cast out Ionas vpon the drye lande.

  • Matt 16:4
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    4The froward and adulterous nation requireth a signe: and there shall no signe be geuen vnto it, but the signe of the prophete Ionas. And he left them, and departed.

  • Matt 17:22
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    22Whyle they were occupyed in Galilee, Iesus sayde vnto them: it wyll come to passe, that the sonne of man shalbe betrayed into the handes of men:

  • Mark 14:41
    68%

    41And he came the thirde tyme, & sayde vnto them: slepe hencefoorth, and take your ease, it is inough: The houre is come, beholde, the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of sinners.

  • Matt 20:19
    68%

    19And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and to be scourged, and to be crucified: and the thirde day, he shall ryse agayne.

  • Mark 10:34
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    34And they shall mocke hym, & scourge hym, spit vpon hym, and kyll hym: And the thirde day he shall ryse agayne.

  • Gen 7:12
    68%

    12And the rayne was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.

  • Hos 6:2
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    2After two dayes shall he quicken vs, in the thirde day he shall rayse vs vp, so that we shall liue in his sight.

  • Matt 24:39
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    39And knewe not, tyll the fludde came, and toke them all away: So shall also the commyng of the sonne of man be.

  • Jonah 1:12
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    12And he saide vnto them, Take me, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shalbe calme vnto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you.

  • Job 14:12
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    12So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

  • Luke 9:44
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    44Let these sayinges sincke downe into your eares: For it wyll come to passe, that the sonne of man shalbe deliuered into the handes of men.

  • Jonah 1:15
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    15So they toke vp Ionas, and cast him into the sea, and the sea left raging.

  • Matt 8:24
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    24And beholde, there arose a great tempest in the sea, in so much that the shippe was couered with waues: but he was a slepe.

  • Matt 12:8
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    8For the sonne of man also is Lorde euen of the Sabbath day.

  • Matt 4:2
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    2And when he had fasted fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, he was afterwarde an hungred.

  • John 12:23
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    23And Iesus aunswered them, saying: The houre is come, that the sonne of man must be glorified.

  • Mark 13:31
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    31Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my wordes shall not passe away.

  • Luke 18:33
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    33And when they haue scourged hym, they wyll put hym to death. And the thyrde day he shall aryse agayne.

  • Jonah 1:5
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    5Then the maryners were afrayde, and cryed euery man vnto his God, and cast the wares that were in the shippe into the sea, to lighten it of them: but Ionas was gone downe into the sides of the shippe, & he laye downe sleeping.

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  • John 3:13-14
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    22Saying: The sonne of man must suffer many thynges, and be reproued of the elders, and of the hye priestes and scribes, and be slayne, and ryse agayne the thirde day.

  • John 6:62
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    62What and yf ye shall see the sonne of man ascende vp thyther where he was before?

  • Jonah 1:3
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    3And Ionas rose vp to flee into Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde, and went downe to Ioppa, and founde a ship going to Tharsis: so he payed his fare, and went downe into it, that he might go with them vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde.

  • Mark 6:48
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    48And he sawe them troubled in rowyng (for the wynde was contrary vnto them:) And about the fourth watche of the nyght, he came vnto them, walking vppon the sea, and woulde haue passed by them.