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Matthew 12:39-41

Matt.12.39-Matt.12.41

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39He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 12:39-41 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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  1. Matthew 12:39-41 alludes to Jonah 1:17

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    Jesus names the sign of Jonah and compares Jonah's three days in the fish with the Son of Man's three days in the earth.

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