Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Psalms 63:9my soul hath stuck close to thee: thy right hand hath received me.
Jonah 2:2And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
Matthew 16:21From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.
Matthew 27:40And saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days dost rebuild it: save thy own self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
John 2:19Jesus answered, and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:39-46
The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this… Read the whole commentary →