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Matthew 12:40 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Matthew 12:40 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Matthew chapter 12 verse 40 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Matthew 12:40 (KJV)
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Commentary on Matthew 12:40
'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.' Jesus identifies Jonah's sign: as Jonah spent three days/nights in great fish (Jonah 1:17), Jesus will spend three days/nights 'in the heart of the earth' (ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τῆς γῆς/en tē kardia tēs gēs)—tomb, death, burial. This is prophecy of death and resurrection. The parallel: Jonah's entombment in fish followed by emergence prefigured Christ's burial followed by resurrection. Reformed theology sees Old Testament narratives as typological—histor...
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Cross-References for Matthew 12:40
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“and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
“Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.',Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.,,,,,,,,”
“Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders”
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
“and the third day he will be raised up. They were exceedingly sorry.,And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.,,,,,,,,”
“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!”
“I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.,And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice., וַיֹּאמֶר קָרָאתִי מִצָּרָה לִי אֶל־יְהוָה וַיַּעֲנֵנִי מִבֶּטֶן שְׁאוֹל שִׁוַּעְתִּי שָׁמַעְתָּ קוֹלִי׃ ,And he said: I called out of mine affliction Unto the LORD, and He answered me; Out of the belly of the nether-world cried I, And Thou heardest my voice.,2:3 καὶ εἶπεν ἐβόησα ἐν θλίψει μου πρὸς κύριον τὸν θεόν μου καὶ εἰσήκουσέν μου ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου κραυγῆς μου ἤκουσας φωνῆς μου,2:3 and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, even to my cry out of the belly of hell: thou heardest my voice.,,,,”
“to destroy it”
“The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”